Upgrade of the Chemistry Department 500MHz NMR Spectrometer Console

根据化学研究仪器和设施项目（CRIF）的合同，位于马诺阿的夏威夷大学化学系将升级现有的500 MHz核磁共振光谱仪。该设备将加强若干领域的研究，包括对蓝绿藻天然产物的研究；化学海洋生态学；具有生物活性的天然产物；生物碱的生物合成；类维生素a、类胡萝卜素和极化多烯的生物合成；新型脱氢催化剂；储氢材料；采用刚性四齿刘易斯碱和双齿刘易斯酸的结构基元的设计、合成和结构/反应性表征；基于DNA结构的分子线；用于光电光伏电池的硅纳米团簇卤化海洋前列腺素及其类似物；亲玫瑰素的合成；烯丙基醚的对映选择性合成酰基硅烷合成；核磁共振（NMR）光谱学是化学家用来阐明分子结构的最有力的工具。它用于识别未知物质，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。获得最先进的核磁共振光谱是必不可少的化学家谁正在进行前沿研究。这些核磁共振研究的结果在包括材料化学和生物学在内的许多领域都很有用。

With this award from the Chemistry Research Instrumentation and Facilities Program (CRIF) Program, the Department of Chemistry at The University of Hawaii in Manoa will acquire an upgrade of an existing 500 MHz NMR Spectrometer. This equipment will enhance research in a number of areas, including studies of natural products from blue-green algae; chemical marine ecology; biologically active natural products; biosynthesis of alkaloids; biosynthesis of anatoxins, retinoids, carotenoids & polarized polyenes; novel dehydrogenation catalysts; hydrogen storage materials; the design, synthesis & structure/reactivity characterization of structural motifs that employ rigid tetradentate Lewis bases & bidentate Lewis acids; molecular wires based on structure of DNA; silicon nanoclusters for use in optoelectronic & photovoltaic cells; halogenated marine prostanoids & their analogs; synthesis of roseophilin; enantioselective synthesis of allenyl ethers; acyl silane synthesis; and solid state NMR studies of elastinNuclear 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 a number of areas including materials chemistry and biology.