MRI: Acquisition of an NMR console, multinuclear probe, and autosampler to advance research and undergraduate research training

该奖项由主要研究仪器（MRI）和化学研究仪器（CRIF）计划支持。来自高露洁大学的Ernest Nolen教授及其同事Richard Geier（III）和Anthony Chianese获得了400 MHz核磁共振（NMR）光谱仪的控制台升级。一般来说，NMR光谱学是化学家用于分子结构研究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，以及研究溶液或固态分子之间的相互作用。对于从事前沿研究的化学家来说，使用最先进的NMR光谱仪非常重要。这些核磁共振研究的结果对合成有机/无机化学、材料化学、法医学和生物化学产生了影响。该仪器是教学的一个组成部分，以及由本科生通过独立的学生研究和传统的学术课程进行研究。学生在独立学习，夏季研究和高级项目期间从事这些项目-这些活动使他们准备进入全国各地的竞争性研究生课程和/或行业。此外，还有参加Camp Fiver的高中生参加，Camp Fiver是一个寄宿夏令营，在纽约市和纽约州北部的农村接待了一批处境危险的学生。它影响了专注于合成糖肽模拟物和光笼腺苷受体配体的表征的研究。该光谱仪还用于开发均相过渡金属催化剂和阐明反应中间体的结构和动力学。最后，它有利于表征合成的卟啉类具有改变的核心结构。

This award is supported by the Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) and the Chemistry Research Instrumentation (CRIF) Programs. Professor Ernest Nolen from Colgate University and colleagues Richard Geier (III) and Anthony Chianese have acquired a console upgrade for a 400 MHz nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectrometer. In general, NMR spectroscopy is one of the most powerful tools available to chemists for the structural study of molecules. It is used to identify unknown substances, to characterize specific arrangements of atoms within molecules, and to study the interactions between molecules in solution or in the solid state. Access to state-of-the-art NMR spectrometers is important to chemists who are carrying out frontier research. The results from these NMR studies have an impact in synthetic organic/inorganic chemistry, materials chemistry, forensics and biochemistry. This instrument is an integral part of teaching as well as research performed by undergraduate students via independent student research and traditional academic coursework. Students work on these projects during independent studies, summer research, and senior projects - activities which prepare them to enter competitive graduate programs and/or industries across the country. In addition, there is participation of high school students attending Camp Fiver, a residential summer camp that hosts a group of at-risk students in New York City and rural upstate New York.This NMR spectrometer enhances research and education at all levels. It impacts research focused on the characterization of synthetic gylcopeptide mimics and photo-caged adenosine receptor ligands. The spectrometer is also used in developing homogeneous transition-metal catalysts and elucidating the structure and dynamics of reactive intermediates. Finally, it benefits the characterization of synthesized porphyrinoids having altered core structures.