Acquisition of a Raman Spectrometer

拉曼光谱使研究化学家能够研究 短寿命电子激发的结构特征 状态的分子，从而比较这些结构与 对应的基态。 了解这些差异 允许化学家预测分子的反应性， 理性的方式。 化学仪器计划的这一奖项将有助于 瓦巴什学院化学系 机构，以获得一个拉曼光谱仪。 收购 拉曼光谱仪的改进将加强对 为教师和本科生提供机会， 瓦巴什学院。 这些机会包括在 以下化学领域： 1)短寿命中间体的结构研究 含有过渡金属之间的键。 2)形成的中间体的结构性质的研究 在甲酰基/过渡金属卟啉的反应过程中， 配合物

Raman spectroscopy enables the research chemist to study the structural features of short-lived electronically excited states of molecules and thus compare these structures with the corresponding ground states. Knowledge of these differences allow the chemist to predict reactivity of molecules in a rational manner. This award from the Chemical Instrumentation Program will aid the Department of Chemistry at Wabash College, a RUI institution, to acquire a Raman spectrometer. The acquisition of the Raman spectrometer will enhance the research opportunities for both faculty and undergraduate students at Wabash College. The opportunities include studies in the following areas of chemistry: 1) Study of the structures of short-lived intermediates containing bonds between transition metals. 2) Study of the structural properties of intermediates formed during the reactions of formyl/transition metal porphyrin complexes.