Incorporation of NMR Techniques into the Chemistry Curriculum from Freshman to Senior Level Classes

该项目将采购(1)一台用于瓦里安UNITY和300 MHz核磁共振光谱仪的自动换样机，(2)10台Macintosh电脑，以及(3)软件。这次设备采购的目的是让大量的学生，从大一到高年级，接触到核磁共振仪器和仪器技术的能力。该计划将使学生在四个学年逐步接触到越来越复杂的核磁共振概念和技术。在大一的实验课程中，将向学生（每年400人）介绍核磁共振光谱的定性和定量应用。在二年级的有机实验课程中，学生（每年约175人）将使用质子核磁共振波谱进行常规结构分析。初级水平的高级有机实验课程将向学生（每年约20人）介绍碳- 13、二维和更先进的核磁共振技术的使用。最后，高级无机实验课程将向学生介绍更先进的核磁共振理论和四极核磁共振光谱，以及建立在学生以前的二维核磁共振技术经验的基础上。简而言之，瓦里安UNlTYplus光谱仪，当连接到Macintosh计算机并配备自动换样器时，将成为一个旨在系统地教育科学和工程专业学生核磁共振波谱的概念和应用程序的程序的工具基石。

9451451 Getman The project will purchase (1) an automated sample changer for a Varian UNITY plus 300 MHz NMR spectrometer, (2) ten Macintosh computers, and (3) software. The purpose of this equipment acquisition is to expose a large number of students, from freshman through senior levels, to NMR instrumentation and the capabilities of the instrumental technique. The proposed program will expose students in a stepwise fashion to increasingly more complex NMR concepts and techniques over four academic years. In the freshman laboratory course, students (400 annually) will be introduced to the qualitative and quantitative application of NMR spectroscopy. During the sophomore level organic laboratory course, students (approximately 175 annually) will employ proton NMR spectroscopy for routine structural analysis. The junior level advanced organic laboratory course will introduce students ( approximately 20 annually) to the use of carbon- 13, 2-dimensional and more advanced NMR techniques. Finally, the senior level inorganic laboratory course will introduce students to more advanced NMR theory and NMR spectra of quadrupolar nuclei, as well as build upon the students' previous experience with 2-dimensional NMR techniques. In short, the Varian UNlTYplus spectrometer, when connected to the Macintosh computers and equipped with an automated sample changer, will serve as the instrumental cornerstone for a program designed to systematically educate science and engineering students in the concepts and applications of NMR spectroscopy.