Acquisition of a FT-NMR to Modernize Undergraduate Education in Chemistry

该项目支持一个核磁共振光谱仪，专门用于化学系本科生的教学需求。该仪器使学生能够在整个化学课程的各种课程中“动手”核磁共振波谱学的实践经验。课程修订包括一个新的有机化学荣誉课程（附带实验室），一个高级有机实验课程，并在整个化学专业课程中增加了对光谱学教学的重视。光谱学也是本科研究经验的重要组成部分。核磁共振现在加入红外光谱和气相色谱作为有机实验室的一个重要组成部分，从有机实验室的第一学期开始。通过一系列新的实验，学生将获得一个强大的结构测定工具的第一手经验。核磁共振波谱仪为高级学生提供了一维和二维脉冲序列的全方位体验，但也足够简单，可以在有机化学实验室的第一学期向学生介绍这种技术。

This project supports an NMR spectrometer dedicated to the instructional needs of undergraduate students within the Department of Chemistry. This instrumentation enables students to have "hands on" practical experience in NMR spectroscopy in a variety of courses throughout the chemistry curriculum. The curriculum revisions include a new Honors course in Organic Chemistry (with a concomitant laboratory), an Advanced Organic Laboratory Course, and an increased emphasis on teaching spectroscopy throughout the chemistry major's program. Spectroscopy is also an essential component of the undergraduate research experience. NMR now joins infrared spectroscopy and gas chromatography as a vital component of the organic laboratory beginning in the first semester of organic laboratory. Students gain first-hand experience with a powerful tool for structural determination through a new sequence of experiments. The NMR spectrometer provides advanced students the full range of experience with both 1- and 2-D pulse sequences but is also simple enough to introduce students to this technique in the first semester of organic chemistry laboratory.