Purchase of an X-Ray Diffractometer

单晶x射线晶体学是测定固体结构最有效的分析方法。在合成无机、有机、生物无机和有机金属化学中，单晶x射线衍射是表征分子结构的宝贵工具。从分子组成和结构的知识中获得的信息有助于开发催化或合成中潜在的普遍感兴趣的新反应。该奖项来自化学共享仪器项目，将帮助特拉华大学化学系获得单晶x射线衍射系统。此次收购将加强的化学研究领域包括：早期过渡金属元素的砷基和锑基簇2。含能双齿配体的新型金属配合物双核过渡金属配合物双齿配体的配位化学新型吡唑杂环化合物的制备钙钛矿相关镍氧化物的高tc超导/结构关系

Single crystal x-ray crystallography is the most powerful analytical method for structure determination of solids. In synthetic inorganic, organic, bioinorganic and organometallic chemistry, single crystal x-ray diffraction is an invaluable tool to characterize molecular structure. The information gained from the knowledge of the molecular composition and structure helps to develop new reactions of potentially general interest in catalysis or synthesis. This award from the Chemistry Shared Instrumentation Program will help the Department of Chemistry at the University of Delaware acquire a Single Crystal X-ray Diffraction System. Among the areas of chemical reserach that will be enhanced by the acquisition are the following: 1. Arsenic and Antimony-Based Clusters of the Early Transition Metal Elements 2. New Metal Complexes of Energetic Ambidentate Ligands 3. Binuclear Transition Metal Complexes 4. Coordination Chemistry of Ambidentate Ligands 5. Preparation of Novel Pyrazolo-fused Heterocycles 6. High-Tc Superconductivity/Structure Relationships in Perovskite-Related Oxides of Nickel