Purchase of an Automated X-Ray Diffractometer

x射线晶体学技术是测定小多肽和复杂金属团簇等多种化合物分子结构的有力工具。当与最新的计算机软件相结合时，这项技术变得非常容易实施。x射线晶体仪器的使用大大提高了化学家进行前沿研究的能力。怀俄明大学化学系将利用化学仪器项目的这一资助来帮助获得一台自动x射线衍射仪。此次收购将加强的化学研究领域如下：1)双核锰配合物的设计与合成2)新型无机团簇的设计与合成3)螯合氟烷基膦的连接性质4)氨基甲酸酯-氧碳离子的不对称烷基化56)含硫蛋白的光氧化。

The technique of X-ray crystallography is a powerful tool for the determination of the molecular structure of compounds as diverse as small polypeptides and complex metal clusters. When combined with the latest computer software, the technique is becoming remarkably easy to put into practice. Access to X-ray crystallographic instrumentation markedly improves the ability of chemists to carry out frontier research. The Department of Chemistry at the University of Wyoming will use this award from the Chemical Instrumentation Program to help acquire an automated X-ray diffractometer. The areas of chemical research that will be enhanced by the acquisition are as follows: 1) Design and synthesis of binuclear manganese complexes 2) Design and synthesis of new inorganic clusters 3) Ligation properties of chelating fluoroalkylphosphines 4) Asymmetric alkylation of carbamate alpha-oxocarbanions 5) Vesicles derived from cleavable double-chain surfactant- based vesicles 6) Photooxidation of sulfur-containing protein.