Acquisition of 400 MHz 8.9 cm Bore Multinuclear NMR Spectrometer for Research in Chemistry

这项来自学术研究基础设施(ARI)计划的奖项将帮助韦尔斯利学院化学系获得一台360 MHz核磁共振光谱仪。该设备将加强一些领域的研究，包括：(1)氮储存聚合物在蓝藻中的代谢研究，以及(2)硫代烷基金簇单分子膜的合成和13C和1H核磁共振表征。核磁共振波谱是化学家用来解释分子结构的最有力的工具。它被用来识别未知物质，表征分子内原子的特定排列，并研究溶液中分子之间相互作用的动力学。对于正在进行前沿研究的化学家来说，获得最先进的核磁共振光谱是必不可少的。这些核磁共振研究的结果在聚合物、催化和生物学等领域都是有用的。

This award from the Academic Research Infrastructure (ARI) Program will assist the Department of Chemistry at Wellesley College acquire a 360 MHz NMR Spectrometer. This equipment will enhance research in a number of areas including the following: (1) metabolic studies of a nitrogen storage polymer in cyanobacteria, and (2) synthesis and 13C and 1H NMR characterization of alkanethiolate-gold cluster monolayers. 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, catalysis, and in biology.