Purchase of a 300 MHz NMR Spectrometer

该奖项由化学研究仪器和设施 （CRIF）计划和主要研究仪器（MRI）计划将 协助希望学院化学系获得300 MHz 核磁共振（NMR）光谱仪。该设备将 加强若干领域的研究，包括编写和 用于C-C的还原的单Cp锆化合物的表征 键形成反应，手性锡（II）络合物用于 不对称合成，聚（间二甲苯）衍生物的合成， 研究煤的热加工，制备新型 聚合物材料，以及酶用于合成 不对称内酯 核磁共振（NMR）光谱是最强大的工具， 化学家用来阐明分子结构的仪器。 它用于识别未知物质，表征特定物质， 分子内原子的排列，并研究 溶液中分子间的相互作用获得最新技术 核磁共振谱是化学家进行前沿研究的基础 research.这些NMR研究的结果在以下领域是有用的， 如聚合物、催化剂和生物学。

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.