Acquisition of a 300 MHz Multinuclear NMR Spectrometer for Chemical Research

有了化学研究仪器和设施(CRIF)计划的这一奖项，杜兰大学化学系将获得一台300 MHz多核核磁共振光谱仪。该设备将使研究人员能够开展合成有机化学和无机化学、天然产品表征和机械化学的研究。核磁共振将用于表征新的主族和有机金属化合物、天然产物、用于开发有机材料的新型有机前体、生物活性有机试剂、超分子过渡金属络合物，以及在沸石中进行的有机反应产物的分析。此外，洛约拉大学和泽维尔大学的教职员工将可以使用这些设备。核磁共振波谱是化学家用来解释分子结构的最有力的工具。它被用来识别未知物质，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。对于正在进行前沿研究的化学家来说，获得最先进的核磁共振光谱仪是必不可少的。这些核磁共振研究的结果将对合成有机化学和生物化学产生影响。

With this award from the Chemistry Research Instrumentation and Facilities (CRIF) Program, the Department of Chemistry at Tulane University will acquire a 300 MHz Multinuclear NMR Spectrometer. This equipment will enable researchers to carry out research on synthetic organic and inorganic chemistry, natural product characterization and mechanistic chemistry. NMR will be used in the characterization of new main group and organometallic compounds, natural products, novel organic precursors for organic materials development, bioactive organic reagents, supramolecular transition metal complexes, and analysis of products from organic reactions carried out in zeolites. In addition, faculty from Loyola University and Xavier University will have access to the equipment. 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, to 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 spectrometers is essential to chemists who are carrying out frontier research. The results from these NMR studies will have an impact in synthetic organic chemistry and biochemistry.