Purchase of a Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectrometer

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使耶鲁大学化学系获得400 MHz核磁共振光谱仪。该设备将加强一系列项目的研究，从天然产物和其他生物活性化合物的合成到反应机理的阐明、过渡金属化学、有机金属化学、催化以及立体控制合成试剂的开发。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 enable the Department of Chemistry at Yale University to acquire a 400 MHz NMR Spectrometer. This equipment will enhance research on a number of projects ranging from synthesis of natural products and other biologically active compounds to elucidation of reaction mechanisms, transition metal chemistry, organometallic chemistry, catalysis, and development of reagents for stereocontrolled synthesis. 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.