Upgrade of Departmental X-Ray Diffractometer

该奖项来自化学研究仪器和设施计划，将协助怀俄明州大学化学系获得西门子P 3 X射线衍射仪升级到P 4型号。该设备将加强若干领域的研究，包括：（1）氟烷基膦络合物的结构研究，（2）铁亚硝基的结构和反应性相关性，（3）囊泡内的狄尔斯-阿尔德反应和新型表面活性剂的聚集形态，以及（4）氮氧阴离子和发光分子矩形的结构研究。 X射线衍射仪用于精确测量分子的完整三维结构。所获得的信息给出了给定分子的所有键距和键角的精确值，并且它给出了关于该分子相对于相邻分子的空间排列的准确信息。

This award from the Chemistry Research Instrumentation and Facilities Program will assist the Department of Chemistry at University of Wyoming to acquire an upgrade of a Siemens P3 X- ray diffractometer to the P4 model. This equipment will enhance research in a number of areas including the following: (1)structural investigations of fluoroalkylphosphine complexes, (2) structural and reactivity correlations in iron nitrosyls, (3) Diels-Alder reactions within vesicles and the aggregate morphology of novel surfactants, and (4) structural studies of nitrogen oxyanions and luminescent molecular rectangles. The X-ray diffractometer is used to make accurate and precise measurements of the full three dimensional structure of a molecule. The information obtained gives the precise values of all the bond distances and bond angles of a given molecule and it gives accurate information about the spatial arrangement of the molecule relative to the neighboring molecules.