Improvement of Chemistry Instruction with NMR Spectroscopy

一台60 MHz的FT-核磁共振光谱仪将用于实验室课程和本科生研究，包括暑期研究计划。有机化学实验室将有四个新的实验和三个修订的实验，这些实验涉及反应的区域化学和立体化学以及未知因素的识别。新的物理化学实验将涉及溶剂对平衡常数的影响以及电负性对化学位移的影响。仪器方法实验将使用核磁共振来测定样品的相对分子质量。FT方法论的教学将分几节课进行。本科生将学习有机合成和催化化学方面的项目，这些项目以前是没有的。受赠者将与来自非联邦来源的NSF奖励相匹配。

A 60 MHz FT-NMR spectrometer will be used in laboratory courses and for undergraduate student research, including the summer research program. The organic chemistry laboratories will see four new experiments and three revised ones that deal with regiochemistry and stereochemistry of reactions and with the identification of unknowns. New experiments in physical chemistry will deal with the effect of solvent on equilibrium constants and the effects of electronegativity on chemical shift. The instrumental methods experiment will use NMR to determine the molecular weight of samples. Instruction in FT methodology will occur in several classes. Undergraduate research students will pursue projects in organic synthesis and catalytic chemistry that were not available before. The grantee will match the NSF award from non-Federal sources.