Undergraduate Laboratory Instruction in Carbon-13 NMR Spectrometry

本项目将200Mhz FT-NMR纳入本科阶段的实验室教学。该仪器在有机化学中用作结构测定的工具。物理化学课程使用仪器进行动力学测量，并使用变温选项来确定阿伦尼乌斯活化参数。在高级无机化学课程中，研究了发生在核磁共振时标上的有机金属反应。高分子化学专业的学生学习链式生长聚合物的链支和弹性。在有机结构测定中，学生使用常规的1H和13C能力以及强大的二维技术进行结构解析。本科化学专业学生在化学教师的指导下，在研究项目中广泛使用该仪器。该机构正以等额的资金配合国家科学基金的拨款。

This project incorporates a 200Mhz FT-NMR into laboratory instruction at the undergraduate level. This instrument is used in the Organic Chemistry as a tool for structure determination. The Physical Chemistry course employs the instrument for kinetic measurements and the variable temperature option is used for the determination of Arrhenius activation parameters. Organometallic reactions occurring on the NMR time scale are studied in the senior level Inorganic Chemistry course. Students in Polymer chemistry study chain branching and tacticity of chain-growth polymers. In Organic Structure Determination, students use routine 1H and 13C capabilities as well as powerful two dimensional techniques for structure elucidation. Undergraduate chemistry majors make extensive use of this instrument in research projects under the direction of the chemistry faculty. The institution is matching the NSF grant with an equal amount of funds.