Acquisition of a Data System Upgrade for an NMR Spectrometer

这项来自化学研究仪器计划的奖项将帮助罗切斯特理工学院化学系升级现有的核磁共振设施。此次收购将加强以下化学研究领域：1.水-明胶基质中的扩散2.双(四齿)钴(IV)配合物的结构表征3.环丙烷与芳磺基卤化物的加成反应4.抗病毒研究5.由手性氨基酸合成取代咪唑烷酮核磁共振波谱最多化学家可用来阐明分子结构的有力工具。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光谱是必不可少的。这些核磁共振研究的结果在聚合物和催化等领域以及生物学中都是有用的。

This award from the Chemistry Research Instrumentation Program will help the Department of Chemistry at Rochester Institute of Technology upgrade the existing NMR facility. Among the areas of chemical research that will be enhanced by the acquisition are the following: 1. Diffusion in the Water-Gelatin Matrix 2. Structural Characterization of Bis(quadridentate)zirconium(IV) Complexes 3. Additions of Arenesulfenyl Halides to Cyclopropanes 4. Antiviral Research 5. Synthesis of Substituted Imidazolinones from Chiral Amino Acids 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 spectrometry is essential to chemists who are carrying out frontier research. The results from these NMR studies are useful in areas such as polymers and catalysis, and in biology.