Acquisition of Gas Chromatograph-Mass Spectrometer (GC/MS) and Computational Workstations for Undergraduate Research in Chemistry

阿什维尔北卡罗来纳大学化学系将获得重大研究仪器(MRI)计划颁发的这一奖项，并将获得一台气相色谱质谱仪(GC/MS)和一台Linux集群。该设备将加强若干领域的研究，包括a)卤代烃物种的单分子和双分子气相反应；b)茂金属化合物中的键合；以及c)催化将乙烯基环丁烯转化为环己二烯。气相色谱-质谱仪(GC/MS)是一种用于复杂混合物的分离和分析的非常强大的技术。这一仪器将大大加强位于阿什维尔的北卡罗来纳大学的科学研究，该大学主要是一所本科院校。

With this award from the Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Program, the Department of Chemistry at the University of North Carolina in Asheville will acquire a gas chromatograph mass spectrometer (GC/MS) and a Linux cluster. This equipment will enhance research in a number of areas including a) unimolecular and bimolecular gas-phase reactions of halocarbon species; b) bonding in metallocenes; and c) catalytic conversion of vinylcyclobutenes to cyclohexadienes. Gas chromatograph with mass spectrometric detection (GC/MS) is an extremely powerful technique used for the separation and analysis of complex mixtures. This instrument will substantially strengthen scientific research at the University of North Carolina in Asheville, a primarily undergraduate institution.