Purchase of a 300 MHz NMR Spectrometer

这份来自化学研究仪器和设施项目的合同将帮助西方学院化学系获得一台300兆赫的核磁共振光谱仪。该设备将加强许多领域的研究，包括：(1)生物膜的结构和动力学，(2)依赖于钯的光学纯碳环核苷的方法，(3)热嗜热细胞色素ba的Cua结构域自交换率的核磁共振研究和(4)呋喃香豆素- dna相互作用的研究。核磁共振（NMR）波谱是化学家用来阐明分子结构的最有力的工具。它用于识别未知物质，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。获得最先进的核磁共振光谱是必不可少的化学家谁正在进行前沿研究。这些核磁共振研究的结果在聚合物、催化和生物学等领域是有用的。

This award from the Chemistry Research Instrumentation and Facilities Program will assist the Department of Chemistry at Occidental College to acquire a 300 MHz NMR Spectrometer. This equipment will enhance research in a number of areas including the following: (1) structure and dynamics of biomembranes, (2) palladium-dependent approaches to optically pure carbocyclic nucleosides, (3) an NMR investigation of the self-exchange rate of the Cua domain of thermus thermophilus cytochrome ba and (4) studies on furocoumarin-DNA interactions. 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.