Purchase of a Routine Fourier Transform NMR Instrument

核磁共振（NMR）光谱是化学家用来研究分子结构的最有力的工具。它用于识别未知物质，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。获得最先进的核磁共振光谱学对于正在进行前沿研究的化学家和生物学家来说是必不可少的。阿克伦大学化学系将利用化学共享仪器计划和仪器与仪器开发计划的这笔资金，帮助获得一台高场核磁共振光谱仪。此次收购将加强的研究领域包括：1)酶促反应机理2)聚合反应的过渡金属催化3)碘试剂化学的发展与研究4)研究弱分子间相互作用的二维核磁共振新技术5)进行合成转化的酶催化剂6)酶活性位点的溶液结构和构象。

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 and biologists who are carrying out frontier research. The Department of Chemistry at the University of Akron will use this award from the Chemistry Shared Instrumentation Program and the Instrumentation and Instrument Development Program to help acquire a high-field NMR spectrometer. The areas of research that will be enhanced by the acquisition include: 1) Mechanisms of enzymatic reactions 2) Transition metal catalysis of polymerization reactions 3) Development and study of the chemistry of iodinane reagents 4) New 2D-NMR techniques for studying weak intermolecular interactions 5) Enzymatic catalysts for carrying out synthetic transformations 6) Solution structures and conformations of enzyme active sites.