MRI: Acquisition of Single Crystal X-ray Diffractometer for Research and Teaching

纽约州立大学奥尔巴尼分校的Evgeny Dikarev教授和他的同事Eric Block、Marina Petrukhina、Rabi Musah和John Welch获得了来自主要研究仪器计划的这一奖项，他们将获得一种配备铜微焦点光源和互补金属氧化物半导体(CMOS)探测器的单晶衍射仪系统。该建议旨在加强各级的研究和教育，特别是在下列领域：(A)用于制备与能源有关的氧化物、氟化物和硅酸盐材料的挥发性异金属单源前体的合成和结构研究；(B)广泛调查映射到富勒烯表面的独特的碗状多芳烃；(C)三氟硒蛋氨酸和气味受体的研究，用于低分子量硫醇/硫醚和含铜络合物的硒醚；(D)开发获得高价含氟硫化合物的新的合成方法；X-射线衍射仪可以准确和精确地测量分子的全部三维结构，包括键距离和角度，并提供关于分子相对于邻近分子的空间排列的准确信息。这里描述的研究将影响许多领域，包括有机化学和无机化学、材料化学和天然产物化学。这一工具将是教学以及研究和研究培训的组成部分，并将有助于培养本科生、研究生和博士后研究员。

With this award from the Major Research Instrumentation Program, Professor Evgeny Dikarev from SUNY Albany and colleagues Eric Block, Marina Petrukhina, Rabi Musah and John Welch will acquire a single crystal diffractometer system equipped with Cu microfocus source and complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) detector. The proposal is aimed at enhancing research and education at all levels, especially in areas such as (a) synthesis and structural investigation of volatile heterometallic single-source precursors for the preparation of energy-related oxide, fluoride, and silicate materials; (b) broad investigation of unique bowl-shaped polyaromatic hydrocarbons that map onto the surface of fullerenes; (c) studies of trifluoroselenomethionine and odorant receptors for low molecular weight thiol/thioethers and selenoethers involving Cu complexes; (d) development of new synthetic methods to access hypervalent fluorinated sulfur-containing compounds; and (e) organosulfur plant-derived natural products as well as other areas of the chemical sciences.An X-ray diffractometer allows accurate and precise measurements of the full three-dimensional structure of a molecule, including bond distances and angles, and provides accurate information about the spatial arrangement of a molecule relative to neighboring molecules. The studies described here will impact a number of areas, including organic and inorganic chemistry, materials chemistry and natural products chemistry. This instrument will be an integral part of teaching as well as research and research training and will contribute to educate undergraduate students, graduate students and postdoctoral fellows.