MRI: Acquisition of a Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectrometer to Advance Undergraduate Education and Research

该奖项由化学研究仪器和设施（CRIF）项目共同资助，来自东南路易斯安那大学的Debra Dolliver教授和他的同事Jean Fotie将获得一台400 MHz核磁共振光谱仪。该建议旨在加强各级的研究和教育，特别是在以下领域：(a)发展合成亚胺衍生物的单一几何异构体的技术；(b)设计和合成具有生物活性的分子，作为潜在的抗原生动物制剂；(c)支持SEAL （Student Entrepreneurs as Active Leaders）物理研究项目；(d)模拟原子和分子性质，特别是在电、磁和电磁扰动影响下发生的性质；(e)噻吩基室温离子液体的合成及其作为有机合成介质的测试。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、材料化学和生物化学产生影响。该仪器将成为教学和研究的一个组成部分。

With this award from the Major Research Instrumentation Program that is co-funded by the Chemistry Research Instrumentation and Facilities (CRIF) Program, Professor Debra Dolliver from Southeastern Louisiana University and colleague Jean Fotie will acquire a 400 MHz NMR spectrometer. The proposal is aimed at enhancing research and education at all levels, especially in areas such as (a) development of synthetic techniques to make single geometric isomers of imine derivatives; (b) design and synthesis of biologically active molecules as potential antiprotozoan agents; (c) support of the program SEAL (Student Entrepreneurs as Active Leaders) Research in Physics; (d) modeling atomic and molecular properties, particularly those occurring under the influence of electric, magnetic, and electromagnetic perturbations; and (e) synthesis of of thiophene-based room temperature ionic liquids and the testing of such ionic liquids as media for organic synthesis.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, materials chemistry and biochemistry. This instrument will be an integral part of teaching as well as research.