Improvement of the Chemistry Curriculum with NMR

如果没有一台功能性的核磁共振（NMR）光谱仪，学生就没有机会获得他们在实验室中制备并在课堂上讨论的化合物的物理证据。本计划将现代实验核磁共振光谱法引入课程，以强化重要概念。基于核磁共振的结构测定的广泛使用提高了学生科学推理技能的发展。最后，学生获得操作核磁共振首先在其基本模式的技能，然后在其更先进的应用和技术。核磁共振理论和数据解释首先在有机化学中介绍，并在整个高年级课程中遵循一个有组织的计划。从非常简单的解释和光谱开始，越来越复杂的核磁共振方法被应用于生物化学、物理化学、仪器分析和高级实验室的问题。实验室实验利用核磁共振数据来实现讲座中提出的复杂概念。学生在有机化学入门课程后开始动手操作。该项目包括两所社区学院，并与他们的教师合作举办了两次年度研讨会。一系列的核磁共振方法可以介绍给这些学院的有机化学学生。为了传播这一计划，有关核磁共振光谱和光谱解释技术的信息可以使用大学的主页放在万维网上。这是对现有讲座材料和教程的补充。大学还可以出版和展示与该项目相关的创新教学方法和学生研究。

Without a functioning nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectrometer, students do not have the opportunity to obtain physical evidence of those compounds that they prepare in the laboratory and are discussed in the lecture. This project introduces modern experimental NMR spectrometry into the curriculum in order to reinforce important concepts. Extensive use of structure determination based on NMR improves student development of scientific reasoning skills. Finally, students gain the skills in operating the NMR first in its basic mode, then in its more advanced applications and techniques. NMR theory and data interpretation are introduced first in Organic Chemistry and follow an organized program throughout the upper-division curriculum. Beginning with very simple explanations and spectra, increasingly more complex NMR methods are then applied to problems in Biochemistry, Physical Chemistry, Instrumental Analysis, and Advanced Laboratory. Laboratory experiments make use of NMR data to actualize complex concepts presented in the lectures. Hands-on student operation begins after the introductory Organic Chemistry course. Two community colleges are being included in the project, and two annual workshops are being presented in collaboration with their faculty. A range of NMR methods can be introduced to Organic Chemistry students from these colleges. For dissemination of this program, information on NMR spectra and techniques in spectral interpretation can be placed on the World Wide Web using the university's homepage. This complements currently available lecture material and tutorials. The university can also publish and present innovative teaching methods and student research related to the project.