Purchase of a 300 MHz NMR Spectrometer

该奖项来自化学研究仪器和设施（CRIF）项目和主要研究仪器（MRI）项目，将帮助霍普学院化学系获得一台300 MHz核磁共振（NMR）光谱仪。该设备将加强许多领域的研究，包括用于C-C键形成反应的还原单cp锆化合物的制备和表征，用于不对称合成的手性锡（II）配合物的使用，用于研究煤的热加工的聚（间二甲苯）衍生物的合成，新型聚合物材料的制备，以及用于合成不对称内酯的酶的使用。核磁共振（NMR）波谱是化学家用来阐明分子结构的最有力的工具。它用于识别未知物质，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。获得最先进的核磁共振光谱是必不可少的化学家谁正在进行前沿研究。这些核磁共振研究的结果在聚合物、催化和生物学等领域是有用的。

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 Hope College to acquire a 300 MHz nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectrometer. This equipment will enhance research in a number of areas that include the preparation and characterization of reduced mono-Cp zirconium compounds for use in C-C bond forming reactions, the use of chiral tin(II) complexes for asymmetric syntheses, the synthesis of derivatives of poly(m-xylylene) to investigate the thermal processing of coal, the preparation of novel polymeric material, and the use of enzymes for the synthesis of asymmetric lactones. 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.