Purchase of a CCD Area Detector Diffractometer

这份来自化学研究仪器和设施项目的合同将帮助密歇根州立大学化学系获得一台CCD区域探测器衍射仪。该设备将加强以下领域的研究：(1)具有顺磁中心的扩展金属阵列，(2)电子结构和性质，(3)金属硫族化合物的探索性合成，(4)层状磷酸钒基和膦酸盐的磁结构研究，以及(5)过渡金属阴离子与卤硼烷的反应。x射线衍射仪用于对分子的完整三维结构进行精确的测量。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，并给出了分子相对于邻近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 Michigan State University to acquire a CCD area detector diffractometer. This equipment will enhance research in a number of areas including the following: (1) extended metal arrays with paramagnetic centers, (2) electride structures and properties, (3) exploratory synthesis of metal chalcogenide compounds, (4) magneto-structural studies of layered vanadyl phosphates and phosphonates, and (5) reactions of transition metal anions with haloboranes. 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.