Purchase of a High Resolution Mass Spectrometer

爱荷华大学化学系将利用化学仪器和设施计划授予的这一奖项，帮助购买目前无法提供的最先进的质谱仪。收购将加强的化学研究领域包括：多氟膦酸盐聚合物的合成和表征、真菌新天然产物的结构研究、过渡金属络合物和它们催化的反应产生的聚合物的表征、存在于不可分离混合物中的脂类的鉴定、酶代谢物的鉴定以及新型核苷膦酸盐的表征。质谱仪(MS)是一种用于探测大量有机、生物有机和有机金属分子的内部结构细节和获得其分子组成的技术。获得质谱仪对于开展化学许多领域的前沿研究是必不可少的，而现代数据处理系统提高了仪器控制和设施的效率。

The Department of Chemistry at the University of Iowa will use this award from the Chemistry Instrumentation and Facilities Program to help purchase a state-of-the-art mass spectrometer with capabilities not currently available. The areas of chemical research that will be enhanced by the acquisition include the following: synthesis and characterization of polyfluorinated phosphonate polymers, structural studies of novel natural products from fungi, characterization of transition metal complexes and polymers produced by reactions they catalyze, identification of lipids present in inseparable mixtures, identification of enzyme metabolites, and characterization of novel nucleoside phosphonates. Mass Spectrometry (MS) is a technique used to probe intimate structural details and to obtain the molecular compositions of a vast array of organic, bioorganic and organometallic molecules. The acquisition of a mass spectrometer is essential for the prosecution of frontier research in many fields in chemistry, and a modern data handling system improves the instrument control and the efficiency of the facility.