Upgrade of the Computer and Operating System of an NMR Spectrometer

化学研究仪器和设施项目的这一奖项将帮助格林内尔学院化学系对现有300 MHz核磁共振波谱仪的计算机和操作系统进行升级。该设备将加强以下领域的研究：(1)铂配合物的结构、平衡和动力学研究；(2)聚合物材料的合成和电化学研究；(3)有机硅烷的新反应；(3)钼(VI)和钼(V)化合物的制备和表征；(6)胶束中低分子分子的核磁共振研究。核磁共振波谱是化学家用来解释分子结构的最有力的工具。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、催化和生物学等领域都是有用的。

This award from the Chemistry Research Instrumentation and Facilities Program will assist the Department of Chemistry at Grinnell College to acquire an upgrade of the computer and operating system of an existing 300 MHz NMR Spectrometer. This equipment will enhance research in a number of areas including the following: (1) Structural, equilibrium and kinetic studies of platinum complexes, (2) Synthesis and electrochemical studies of polymeric materials, (3) Novel reactions of organosilanes, (3) Preparation and characterization of compounds of molybdenum (VI) and molybdenum (V), and (6) NMR study of low molecular weight molecules in micelles. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopy is the most powerful tool available to chemists 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 the areas such as polymers, catalysis, and in biology.