Acquistion of a Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectrometer for Chemical Science Research

化学研究仪器和设施(CRIF)计划和主要研究仪器(MRI)计划颁发的这一奖项将帮助爱荷华大学化学系获得400 MHz核磁共振(核磁共振)光谱仪。该设备将加强以下领域的研究：(1)合成氟烯烃化学，(2)来自真菌的新的生物活性天然产物，(3)特殊铁卟啉的有机金属化学和反应活性，(4)新的核苷、核苷酸和核酸的合成化学和生物学，以及(5)磷酸盐和双膦酸盐的合成。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 Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Program will assist the Department of Chemistry at University of Iowa to acquire a 400 MHz nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectrometer. This equipment will enhance research in a number of areas including the following: (1) synthetic fluoroolefin chemistry, (2) novel biologically active natural products from fungi, (3) organometallic chemistry and reactivity of unusual iron porphyrins, (4) synthetic chemistry and biology of novel nucleosides, nucleotides and nucleic acids, and (5) synthesis of phosphonates and bis-phosphonates. 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.