Purchase of a CCD-based X-ray Diffractometer for Research inChemistry

化学研究仪器和设施(CRIF)计划的这一奖项将帮助犹他大学化学系获得一台带有电荷耦合器件探测器的X射线衍射仪。该设备将加强以下领域的研究：(1)有机基磁体的结构研究；(2)超分子化学和自组装；(3)金属戊二烯化学；(4)有机金属化学；以及(5)双核水解催化剂的机理研究。X射线衍射仪被用来对分子的全部三维结构进行精确和精确的测量。得到的信息给出了给定分子的所有键距和键角的精确值，并提供了关于该分子相对于邻近分子的空间排列的准确信息。

This award from the Chemistry Research Instrumentation and Facilities (CRIF) Program will assist the Department of Chemistry at The University of Utah to acquire an X-ray diffractometer with CCD detector. This equipment will enhance research in a number of areas including the following: (1) structural studies of organic-based magnets; (2) supramolecular chemistry and self-assembly; (3) metal pentadienyl chemistry; (4) organometallic chemistry; and (5) mechanistic studies on dinuclear hydrolytic catalysts. The X-ray diffractometer is used to make accurate and precise measurements of the full three dimensional structure of a molecule. The information obtained gives the precise values of all the bond distances and bond angles of a given molecule and it gives accurate information about the spatial arrangement of the molecule relative to the neighboring molecules.