Purchase of an Automated Single-Crystal Diffractometer

这份来自化学研究仪器项目的合同将帮助西弗吉尼亚大学化学系购买一台自动单晶衍射仪。将加强的化学研究领域包括：1)新的烯二炔化合物的合成；2)稳定金属-环丁二烯的合成和反应性研究；3)含氢卟啉酶的模型研究。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。

This award from the Chemistry Research Instrumentation Program will help the Department of Chemistry at West Virginia University purchase an automated single-crystal diffractometer. Among the areas of chemical research that will be enhanced are the following: 1) synthesis of new enediyne compounds, 2) synthesis and reactivity studies of stabilized metalla- cyclobutadienes and 3) model studies of hydroporphyrin containing enzymes. Single crystal x-ray crystallography is the most powerful analytical method for structures 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.