Purhase of a High Resolution Mass Spectrometer

该奖项由化学研究仪器和设施 CRIF计划和多学科活动办公室（OMA）将 协助圣路易斯的密苏里州大学化学系 获取高分辨率质谱仪该设备将 加强若干领域的研究，包括：（1） 有机金属催化剂的研究（2） 金属硼烷配合物的合成与反应，（3）有机 合成方法研究进展;（4）天然产物 分离与反应;（5）不稳定有机氧化反应的分析 产品在模拟环境中，并研究自组装 衍生自改性环糊精的单层。 质谱（MS）是用于探测紧密结构的技术， 详细信息，并获得大量的分子组成， 有机、生物有机和有机金属分子。的加入 电喷雾技术将质谱的范围扩展到蛋白质和核酸 酸的分子量远远超过任何其他技术。使用 电喷雾电离结合高分辨率提供了 质谱分析的最新技术。它为化学家提供了 一个最强大的工具，可用于表征 化合物.在质谱分析中获得这种能力是 对许多领域的前沿研究至关重要， 化学.

This award from the Chemistry Research Instrumentation and Facilities (CRIF) Program and the Office of Multidisciplinary Activities (OMA) will assist the Department of Chemistry at University of Missouri at St. Louis to acquire a high resolution mass spectrometer. This equipment will enhance research in a number of areas that include the following: (1) studies on organometallic species used as polymerization catalysts, (2) synthesis and reactions of metallaborane complexes, (3) organic synthesis and development of synthetic methods, (4) natural product isolation and reactions, (5) the analysis of unstable organic oxidation products in simulated environments, and study of self-assembled monolayers derived from modified cyclodextrins. 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 addition of the technique of electrospray extends the range of MS to proteins and nucleic acid molecular weights far beyond any other technique. The use of electrospray ionization in combination with high resolution provides the latest techniques available in mass spectrometry. It affords the chemist one of the most powerful tools available for the characterization of compounds. The acquisition of this capability in mass spectrometry is essential for the prosecution of frontier research in many fields of chemistry.