Acquisition of a High-Resolution Mass Spectrometer

在化学研究仪器和设施-多用户仪器获取(CRIF-MU)计划的支持下，波士顿大学化学系将购买一台液体色谱仪/质谱仪(LC/MS)飞行时间(TOF)系统。该设备将加强一些领域的研究，包括1)树枝状-线性杂化大分子的制备和评价；2)使用(E)-巴豆基硅烷试剂进行不对称合成；3)开发复杂分子化学合成的新方法；4)使用催化方法合成天然产物，作为选择性有机转化的来源；以及5)Homo Diels-Alder化学。质谱仪(MS)是一种用于探测大量有机、生物有机和有机金属分子的内部结构细节和获得其分子组成的技术。它是发展最快、使用最广泛的分析仪器技术之一。正因为如此，让本科生和研究生接触这项技术是很重要的。研究生、本科生、暑期和博士后将使用该仪器进行研究。

With support from the Chemistry Research Instrumentation and Facilities - Multiuser Instrument Acquisition (CRIF-MU) Program, the Department of Chemistry at Boston University will purchase a liquid chromatograph/mass spectrometer (LC/MS) time of flight (TOF) system. This equipment will enhance research in a number of areas including 1) the preparation and evaluation of dendritic-linear hybrid macromolecules; 2) asymmetric synthesis using (E)-crotylsilane reagents; 3) the development of new methodologies for chemical synthesis of complex molecules; 4) synthesis of natural products using catalytic methodologies as a source of selective organic transformations; and 5) homo Diels-Alder chemistry. Mass spectrometry (MS) is a technique used to probe intimate structural details and to obtain the molecular compositions of a vast array of organic, bioorganic, and organometallic molecules. It is one of the fastest growing and most widely used analytical instrumentation techniques. Because of this, it is important for undergraduate and graduate students to be exposed to the technique. Graduate students, undergraduate summer and postdocs will use this instrument for their research.