Purchase of Mass Spectrometry Data Systems

化学研究仪器和设施计划的这一奖项将有助于蒙大拿州立大学化学系购买质谱数据系统。 使用该仪器进行的研究包括以下内容： 各种高压气相离子过程的研究; 气相离子过程中形成的中性产物.解吸的基础研究 与FAB和电喷雾质谱相关的电离过程; 探测低层和次层大气中对环境有意义的成分， 万亿分之一水平;有机转化促进铂（II）和其他 过渡金属;涉及大分子的生物控制和信号机制 受体的视觉和中性粒细胞系统;生产紫杉醇和紫杉烷从 微生物来源;以及确定产生的脂质过氧化产物 环境毒素。 质谱（MS）是一种用于探测紧密结构细节并获得大量有机、生物有机和有机金属分子的分子组成的技术。 计算机数据系统允许对研究级质谱仪进行最先进的控制，这为化学家提供了表征化合物的最强大工具之一。 在质谱分析中获得这种能力对于许多化学领域的前沿研究至关重要。

This award from the Chemistry Research Instrumentation and Facilities Program will aid in the purchase of mass spectrometry data systems in the Chemistry Department at Montana State University. The research to be performed with this instrumentation include the following: Studies of various high pressure gas phase ionic processes; the identification of the neutral products formed in gas phase ionic processes; fundamental studies of desorption ionization processes associated with FAB and Electrospray mass spectrometry; the detection of environmentally interesting atmospheric components at the low- and sub- parts per trillion level; organic transformations facilitated by platinum(II) and other transition metals; biological control and signalling mechanisms involving macromolecular receptors in visual and neutrophil systems; the production of Taxol and Taxanes from microbiological sources; and the identification of lipid peroxidation products generated by environmental toxins. Mass Spectrometry (MS) is a technique used to probe intimate structural details and to obtain the molecular compositions of a vast array of organic, bioorganic and organometallic molecules. The computer data systems allow state-of-the-art control of research grade mass spectrometers which gives the chemist one of the most powerful tools available for the characterization of compounds. The acquisition of this capability in mass spectrometry is essential for the prosecution of frontier research in many fields of chemistry.