Upgrade of the Chemistry Department 500MHz NMR Spectrometer Console

凭借化学研究仪器和设施计划（CRIF）计划的这一奖项，位于马诺阿的夏威夷大学化学系将获得现有500 MHz NMR光谱仪的升级。这一设备将加强若干领域的研究，包括蓝绿藻天然产品的研究;化学海洋生态学;生物活性天然产品;生物碱的生物合成;类毒素、类视色素、类胡萝卜素&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二齿刘易斯酸的结构基元的设计、合成、结构/反应性表征&;基于DNA结构的分子导线;用于光电子光&生伏打电池的硅纳米簇;卤代海洋前列&腺素及其类似物;亲玫瑰素的合成;丙二烯基醚的对映选择性合成;酰基硅烷合成;弹性蛋白的核磁共振（NMR）波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。对于从事前沿研究的化学家来说，使用最先进的NMR光谱分析技术是必不可少的。这些NMR研究的结果在许多领域都很有用，包括材料化学和生物学。

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.