Acquisition of a Varian Saturn 2200 GC/MS for Undergraduate Research Projects at the Interface of Chemistry and Biology

有了这项重大研究仪器（MRI）计划的奖励，纽约州立大学采购学院化学系将获得一台带质谱（GC/MS）检测的气相色谱仪。该设备将加强若干领域的研究，包括：a）夏威夷果蝇：异脉果蝇和银果蝇的表皮碳氢化合物; B）巴西果蝇半种的表皮碳氢化合物和信息素; c）大鼠乳腺癌促进阶段的有机硒化学预防; d）调查丙二醇对盲溪生物多样性和化学平衡的影响; e）通过Diels-Alder反应合成芳基三甲基硅烷;和f）甲基叔丁基醚在含水系统和土壤微宇宙中的生物降解。 气相色谱-质谱联用（GC-MS）是一种非常强大的技术，用于复杂混合物的分离和分析。 这些研究将在化学、生物学和环境科学等各个领域产生重大影响。

With this award from the Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Program, the Department of Chemistry at Purchase College, State University of New York will acquire a gas chromatograph with mass spectrometric (GC/MS) detection. This equipment will enhance research in a number of areas including a) cuticular hydrocarbons of Hawaiian Drosophila: Drosophila heteroneura and Drosophila silvestris; b) cuticular hydrocarbons and pheromones of the Drosophila paulistorum semispecies; c) organoselenium chemoprevention in promotion phase of rat mammary cancer; d) investigation of the effects of propylene glycol on the biodiversity and chemical balance of Blind Brook; e) synthesis of aryltrimethylsilanes via the Diels-Alder reaction; and f) biological degradation of methyl tert-butyl ether in aqueous systems and soil microcosms. Gas chromatograph with mass spectrometric detection (GC-MS) is an extremely powerful technique used for the separation and analysis of complex mixtures. These studies will have significant impact in a variety of areas, including chemistry, biology and environmental sciences.