Incorporation of GC/MS Based Investigational Experiments into the Chemistry Curriculum

化学（12）质谱是解决化学结构问题的大多数策略的核心。化学系缺乏可靠的质谱仪，是目前在几个实验室调整和实施基于发现的活动的努力中的薄弱环节。利用质谱技术的特定的、为期数周的研究性实验（以及补充光谱技术）已确定在化学文献，并将调整和实施到我们的核心课程的课程（有机化学I和II，无机化学，物理化学I和II，高级分析化学），高级选修课程（高级有机化学，有机化学，光谱学和分子结构），和非专业课程（化学背景）。现代质谱仪也将显着提高独立研究项目和夏季研究经验的背景下提供的本科研究计划。最近分发的小册子“本科化学课程的研究性实验”将扩大到包括新的实验和升级到包括质谱的现有实验。

Chemistry (12)Mass spectrometry is central to most strategies for solving structural problems in chemistry. The lack of a reliable mass spectrometer in the Department of Chemistry is the weak link in ongoing efforts to adapt and implement discovery-based activities into several laboratories. Specific, multi-week investigational experiments that exploit mass spectrometry (as well as complementary spectroscopic techniques) have been identified in the chemical literature and will be adapted and implemented into our curriculum in core courses (Organic Chemistry I and II, Inorganic Chemistry, Physical Chemistry I and II, and Advanced Analytical Chemistry), advanced elective courses (Advance Organic Chemistry, Organometallic Chemistry, and Spectroscopy and Molecular Structure), and a non-majors course (Chemistry in Context). A modern mass spectrometer will also significantly enhance the undergraduate research program offered within the context of Independent Studies projects and the summer research experience. The recently distributed pamphlet "Investigative Experiments for the Undergraduate Chemistry Curriculum" is to be expanded to include the new experiments and the current experiments upgraded to include mass spectra.