Tri-Institutional Chemistry Curriculum Enhancement Through Use of Medium-Field FT-NMR Spectroscopy

该项目涉及购买中场傅里叶变换核磁共振（FT-NMR）光谱仪，该光谱仪具有宽带，多核探针，以及从两个远程教学站点操作光谱仪所需的配套硬件和软件。联网光谱仪使该联盟能够实现该项目的目标，包括提高化学教育质量，增加化学课程学生对现代核磁共振光谱学概念和技术的接触，以及加强三所地区学校化学系之间的合作。在核磁共振光谱技术的动手指导开始在普通化学实验室的两个实验，并通过有机化学的复杂性，范围和使用频率的进展。通过获得这台仪器，有机化学和无机化学的本科研究也得到了显著的加强。

This project involves the purchase of a medium field Fourier-transform nuclear-magnetic resonance (FT-NMR) spectrometer with a broad-band, multi-nuclear probe, and supporting hardware and software necessary to operate the spectrometer from the two remote instructional sites. The networked spectrometer is enabling the consortium to meet the goals of this project, including the improvement of the quality of chemistry education, increased exposure for students in chemistry courses to the concepts and techniques of modern NMR spectroscopy, and the strengthening of the collaboration between the chemistry faculties of three area schools. Hands-on instruction in NMR spectroscopic techniques begins with two experiments in the general chemistry laboratory and progresses in complexity, scope, and frequency of use through organic chemistry. Undergraduate research in organic chemistry and inorganic chemistry is also being enhanced significantly through the acquisition of this instrument.