Acquisition of a 400 MHz NMR for Research and Training at Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids Community College and Aquinas College

该奖项由主要研究仪器计划（MRI）和化学研究仪器计划支持。有了它，来自大峡谷州立大学的Shannon Biros教授和同事们获得了一台400 MHz的核磁共振（NMR）光谱仪。NMR光谱仪能够识别原子（例如，氢、碳等）。in the material材料.这种分析技术用于识别化学品，药物，蛋白质或未知物质。光谱仪位于大峡谷州立大学（GVSU），由他们的教师和学生以及大急流城社区学院（GRCC）和阿奎那学院的教师和学生使用。 该仪器推动了对光学材料和生物传感器潜在用途重要的金属、与抗生素物质结合的蛋白质以及具有光致发光和太阳能电池等应用的新材料的研究。GVSU和GRCC的许多学生（40-60%）是家庭中第一个上大学的学生。 这些学生接触尖端仪器有助于他们发展成为具有科学素养的个人，并有助于培养一支具有竞争力的科学队伍。NMR光谱仪的奖项旨在加强各级的研究和教育。特别是对选择性氟元素萃取剂的研究、芳基磺酸盐的亲核芳族取代中键裂区域选择性的研究、主族衍生物的制备以及单膦和双膦的d，f-嵌段甲基化的研究。该仪器还可用于研究内酰胺酶的结构以及研究配体/添加剂结构与反应性之间的关系。

This award is supported by the Major Research Instrumentation Program (MRI) and the Chemistry Research Instrumentation Program. With it, Professor Shannon Biros from Grand Valley State University and colleagues have acquired a 400 MHz nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectrometer. An NMR spectrometer enables the identification of the atoms (for example, hydrogen, carbon, etc.) in the material. This analytic technique is used to identify chemicals, drugs, proteins or unknown substances. The spectrometer is housed at Grand Valley State University (GVSU) and used by their faculty and students, as well as faculty and students at Grand Rapids Community College (GRCC) and Aquinas College. The instrument advances research on metals important for potential uses in optical materials and biosensors, on protein binding to antibiotic substances and on new materials with applications such as photovoltaics and solar cells. Many students at GVSU and GRCC (40-60%) are the first in their family to attend college. The exposure of these students to cutting edge instrumentation facilitates their development as scientifically literate individuals and contributes to a competitive scientific workforce.The award of the NMR spectrometer is aimed at enhancing research and education at all levels. It especially impacts investigations of selective f-element extraction agents; studies of bond fission regioselectivity in nucleophilic aromatic substitution of arylsulfonates, the preparations of main group derivatives, and d,f-block metallation of mono- and diphosphines. The instrument also serves researchers investigating the structure lactamase enzymes and studying the relationship between ligand/additive structure and reactivity.