Urgent need for glovebox replacement

我们需要一个手套箱，它可以在惰性气氛下进行样品制备和实验。这个手套箱将取代我的bbb40年的旧手套箱，它在去年失败了，主要用于支持与Laurel Schafer教授的高效合作。本项目涉及含N，O螯合配体的晚期过渡金属的合成、表征和反应性研究（详见下文）。我们使用的大多数金属配合物和配体都需要严格排除空气和水分，因此需要在惰性气氛下处理。我们未来的重点是反应性丰富的过渡金属配合物，这些配合物与我们各自小组的其他项目在化学上不兼容，这意味着其他手套盒不能用于该项目。因此，如果没有所要求的设备，这个项目将无法继续进行。

We are requesting a glovebox, which allows sample preparation and experiments to be conducted under an inert atmosphere. This glovebox will replace my >40 year old glovebox that failed during the previous year and will be used mainly to support a highly productive collaboration with Prof. Laurel Schafer. This project involves the synthesis, characterization and reactivity studies of late transition metals bearing N,O chelating ligands (details below). Most of the metal complexes and ligands that we use require the rigourous exclusion of air and moisture, and thus need to be handled under an inert atmosphere. Our future focus is on reactive earth-abundant transition metal complexes that are not chemically compatible with the other projects in our respective groups, meaning that other gloveboxes cannot be used for this project. Thus, without the requested equipment, this project would not be able to continue. The proposed configuration allows sample preparation and experiments to be conducted under an inert atmosphere. Never gloveboxes are also cheaper to operate; they include mini-antechambers, which require substantially less inert gas. The inclusion of water and air sensors will maximize the utility of the equipment and minimize decomposition of materials due to undetected contamination of the atmosphere.