Request for a 300 MHz NMR Spectrometer

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This award from the Chemistry Research Instrumentation and Facilities Program will help the Department of Chemistry at Texas A&M University in the purchase of a modern 300 MHz multinuclear NMR Spectrometer. This equipment will be used in the following areas of research: (1) The functionalization of saturated hydrocarbons; (2) polymer surface chemistry; (3) asymmetric syntheses of biologically active molecules; (4) the pathways of S-H, C-S, H-H and C-H activation by nickel, iron and cobalt; (5) the folding, structure and function of peptides and proteins; (6) efficient construction of natural and unnatural products of biological significance. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopy is the most powerful tool available to chemists for the elucidation of the structure of molecules. It is used to identify unknown substances, characterize specific arrangements of atoms within molecules, and to study the dynamics of interactions between molecules in solution. Access to state-of-the-art NMR spectrometry is essential to chemists who are carrying out frontier research. The results from these NMR studies are useful in the areas such as polymers and catalysis, and in biology.