Upgrade of an 8.46 Tesla NMR Instrument

这项来自化学研究仪器和设施(CRIF)计划和多学科活动办公室(OMA)的奖项将帮助威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校化学系升级现有的Bruker AM-360 8.46特斯拉核磁共振(核磁共振)光谱仪。该设备将加强金属有机反应机理、有机锂试剂、有机硅化学、自由基阳离子中的电子转移、均相催化剂的表征以及液体中分子结构和动力学的基础研究等领域的研究。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 Chemistry Research Instrumentation and Facilities (CRIF) Program and the Office of Multidisciplinary Activities (OMA) will assist the Department of Chemistry at University of Wisconsin at Madison to upgrade an existing Bruker AM-360 8.46 tesla nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectrometer. This equipment will enhance research in a number of areas involving mechanism of organometallic reactions, organolithium reagents, organosilicon chemistry, electron transfer in radical cations, characterization of homogeneous catalysts, and fundamental studies of molecular structures and dynamics in liquids. 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.