NMR Upgrade and Acquisition of Glove box for Undergraduate Research in Inorganic Chemistry

有了化学研究仪器和设施（CRIF）和主要研究仪器（MRI）计划的这一奖项，刘易斯和克拉克学院的化学系将升级现有的300 MHz NMR光谱仪并获得手套箱。该设备将加强两类化合物合成的研究：a）有机金属化合物，用于研究有机金属促进的磷酸酯键断裂;和B）钌杂多钨酸盐络合物，用于可能用作碳氢化合物废物氧化降解的催化剂。核磁共振光谱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研究的结果在聚合物、催化和生物学等领域都很有用。

With this award from the Chemistry Research Instrumentation and Facilities (CRIF) and the Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Programs, the Department of Chemistry at Lewis and Clark College will upgrade an existing 300 MHz NMR Spectrometer and acquire a glove box. This equipment will enhance research in the synthesis of two classes of compounds: a) organometallic compounds for investigations of organometallic-promoted phosphoester bond cleavage; and b) ruthenium heteropolytungstates complexes for potential use as catalysts for oxidative degradation of hydrocarbon waste.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.