Purchase of a Raman Spectrometer

化学研究仪器和设施计划的这一奖项将帮助科罗拉多大学-博尔德分校化学系购买一台拉曼光谱仪，该光谱仪具有可在可见光区调谐的激光激发源。 这一设备将加强若干领域的研究，包括：（a）调查3-氯邻苯二酚与邻苯二酚1，2-双加氧酶II活性部位之间的相互作用;（B）应用共振拉曼光谱法测定电荷转移复合物中的振动重组能;（c）基质隔离拉曼光谱法。 拉曼光谱学与红外光谱学类似，涉及分子中的振动和旋转跃迁。 从拉曼光谱仪获得的信息有时补充从红外研究获得的信息，并提供有价值的结构信息。

This award from the Chemistry Research Instrumentation and Facilities Program will assist the Department of Chemistry at the University of Colorado--Boulder in the purchase of a Raman spectrometer with a laser excitation source tunable in the visible region. This equipment will enhance research in a number of areas including the following: (a) Investigation of the Interaction between 3-Chlorocatechol and the Active Site of Catechol 1,2-Dioxygenase II; (b) Application of Resonance Raman Spectroscopy for the Determination of the Vibrational Reorganization Energies in Charge Transfer Complexes; and (c) Matrix Isolation (MI) Raman Spectroscopy. Raman spectroscopy is concerned with vibrational and rotational transition in molecules, similar to infrared spectroscopy. The information obtained from a Raman spectrometer sometimes complements that obtained from an infrared study and provides valuable structural information.