CRIF MU: Acquisition of a Cyber-Enabled 400-MHz NMR Spectrometer

根据化学研究仪器和设施：多用户计划（CRIF:MU）的这份合同，亚利桑那州立大学西校区综合自然科学系将获得一台网络支持的400 mhz核磁共振（NMR）光谱仪。该仪器将用于各种领域的研究项目，如合成用于太阳能转化为电能的含硼光敏剂染料、有机土壤污染物和化感化学物质的鉴定、类视黄醇X受体类似物的合成和生物测试。此外，光谱仪的一个重要功能是将其用于本科生的教学和科研训练。在这个大多数学院和学院都不授予博士学位的机构里，教师们被期望进行原创性的研究，并指导本科生进行教师指导的研究项目。核磁共振（NMR）波谱是化学家用来研究分子结构的最有力的工具之一。它用于识别未知物质，表征分子内原子的特定排列，以及研究溶液中分子之间相互作用的动力学。获得最先进的核磁共振光谱仪是必不可少的化学家谁正在进行前沿研究。这些核磁共振研究的结果将对合成有机/无机化学和生物化学产生影响。

With this award from the Chemistry Research Instrumentation and Facilities: Multi User program (CRIF:MU), the Department of Integrated Natural Sciences at Arizona State University-West Campus will acquire a cyber-enabled 400-MHz Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectrometer. This instrument will be utilized in various research projects in areas such as the synthesis of boron-containing photosensitizer dyes for solar energy conversion to electricity, identification of organic soil pollutants and allelopathic chemicals, and synthesis and biological testing of retinoid X receptors analogues. In addition an important function of the spectrometer will be its use for undergraduate teaching and research training. At this institution, in which most Colleges and Schools do not grant doctorate degrees, faculty members are expected to conduct original research and guide undergraduate students in faculty-mentored research projects.Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopy is one of the most powerful tools 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/inorganic chemistry and biochemistry.