Acquisition of a Cyber-Capable Single Crystal X-ray Diffractometer for Extensive Use in Education and Research at Graduate, Undergraduate and High School Levels

有了化学研究仪器和设施：多用户计划(CRIF：MU)颁发的这一奖项，亚利桑那大学化学系将获得一台可联网的单晶X射线衍射仪。这种衍射仪将用于研究稀土和过渡金属簇合物，生物相关的硫自由基阳离子化学和与产氢催化剂有关的耦合氧化还原过程，氨基酸、多肽和仿肽化学和生物学，钼酶的结构模型，模型血红素，以及使用哌嗪二酮类分子支架的有机晶体工程。单晶X射线结晶学技术可以准确和精确地确定分子的全部三维结构，包括键长和键角，并提供关于分子相对于邻近分子的空间排列的准确信息。这些研究将在许多领域产生影响，从合成化学到具有生物学意义的系统和环境的清洁。

With this award from the Chemistry Research Instrumentation and Facilities: Multi User program (CRIF:MU), the Department of Chemistry at the University of Arizona will acquire a cyber-capable single-crystal X-ray diffractometer. This diffractometer will be used in the study of lanthanide and transition metal clusters, biologically relevant sulfur radical cation chemistry and coupling redox processes related to catalysts for hydrogen production, amino acid, peptide, and peptidomimetic chemistry and biology, structural models for molybdenum enzymes, model hemes, and organic crystal engineering using piperazinedione-based molecular scaffolds.The technique of single-crystal X-ray crystallography allows accurate and precise determination of the full three dimensional structure of a molecule, including bond distances and angles, and it provides accurate information about the spatial arrangement of molecules relative to the neighboring molecules. These studies will have an impact in a number of areas ranging from synthetic chemistry to systems of biological interest and cleaning of the environment.