Acquisition of a Low Field NMR Spectrometer

核磁共振波谱是化学家用来阐明分子结构的最有力的工具。它被用来识别未知物质，表征分子内原子的特定排列，并研究溶液中分子之间相互作用的动力学。对于正在进行前沿研究的化学家来说，获得最先进的核磁共振波谱是必不可少的。该奖项由化学共享仪器计划和少数民族机构研究改进计划(RIMI)共同支持，将帮助新墨西哥大学化学系获得一台低场核磁共振光谱仪。光谱仪将为学生群体提供现代化的仪器，学生群体中包含相当少数的成分(主要是西班牙裔)。收购将加强的研究领域包括：1)有机金属和主族簇合物和环化合物的溶液结构研究2)细胞色素C过氧化物酶-细胞色素C氧化还原络合物的核磁共振研究3)合成有机化学在阐明甾醇代谢中的作用。

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopy is the most powerful tool available to the chemist for the elucidation of the structure of molecules. It is used to identify unknown substances, characterize specific arrangements of atoms within molecules, and to study the dynamics of interactions between molecules in solution. Access to state-of-the-art NMR spectroscopy is essential to chemists who are carrying out frontier research. This award, co-supported by the Chemistry Shared Instrumentation Program and the Research Improvement in Minority Institutions (RIMI) Program, will help the Department of Chemistry of the University of New Mexico to acquire a low-field NMR spectrometer. The spectrometer will afford modern instrumentation for a student body that contains a considerable minority component (largely Hispanic). The areas of research that will be enhanced by the acquisition include: 1) Solution structural studies of organometallic and main group cluster and ring compounds 2) NMR studies of the cytochrome C peroxidase-cytochrome C redox complex 3) Synthetic organic chemistry in the elucidation of sterol metabolism.