Acquisition of a High Field NMR Spectrometer for Undergraduate Instruction at WIU

获得FT-NMR光谱仪以提高我们本科课程的质量是我们议程的首要任务，原因如下：(1)本系正计划修订其所有的实验课程（有机、无机、分析和物理），以增加对学生动手经验的强调，(2)有机化学实验课程最近进行了修改，所有的新实验都是在小规模上进行的，这次修订是为我们预期的微型课程的变化做准备。（三）一门强调使用现代核磁共振技术进行分子结构解析的新课程正在准备中，并将提供给我们的高年级本科生和研究生。（四）在学年和夏季参与教师指导研究的本科生也将从高场核磁共振光谱仪的可用性中受益匪浅。我们已经确定了MercuryTM，瓦里安光谱仪，非常适合我们的教学需求。每学期将有大约100名学生（经过仔细监控）亲自使用该仪器。pi在核磁共振波谱学方面有丰富的经验，可以充分利用机器的所有功能来实现课程的预期变化。

The acquisition of a FT-NMR spectrometer to augment the quality of our undergraduate curriculum is at the top of our agenda for the following important reasons: (i) The department is planning to revise all of its laboratory curriculum (organic, inorganic, analytical and physical) to include experiments with added emphasis on hands-on experience for our students, (ii) The organic chemistry laboratory course has recently been modified with all of its new experiments carried out on a small scale and this revision is in preparation for our anticipated change to a microscale curriculum, (iii) A new course emphasizing the use of a modern NMR for molecular structure elucidation is under preparation and will be offered to our advanced undergraduates and graduate students, (iv) Undergraduates involved in faculty-supervised research during the academic year and in the summer will also be benefited greatly from the availability of a high field NMR spectrometer. We have identified MercuryTM, a Varian spectrometer, as ideally suited to our pedagogical needs. Approximately 100 students per semester will have (carefully monitored) hands-on access to the instrument. The PIs have considerable experience in NMR spectroscopy and can fully utilize all the capabilities of the machine to implement the desired changes in the curriculum.