Instrumentation Upgrade for Molecular Structure Center

该奖项由化学研究仪器和设施 CRIF和OMA（多学科活动办公室）将 帮助印第安纳州大学化学系升级他们的 通过获得CCD和CID系统来建立分子结构中心。的 这些设备将加强一些领域的研究，包括 以下内容：（1）Mn_4团簇的生物无机化学，（2）过渡 金属簇化学，和（3）不寻常的不饱和度，以及随之而来的 非常弱的配体的结合。 采用X射线衍射仪进行准确、精密 分子的完整三维结构的测量。的 获得的信息给出了所有键距的精确值 和键角的关系，它能给出精确的信息 关于分子相对于相邻分子的空间排列 分子。

This award from the Chemistry Research Instrumentation and Facilities Program (CRIF) and the Office of Multidisciplinary Activities (OMA) will help the Department of Chemistry at Indiana Ubniversity upgrade their Molecular structure Center by aquiring a CCD and CID systems. The equipment will enhance research in a number of areas including the following: (1) bioinorganic chemistry of Mn4 clusters, (2) transition metal cluster chemistry, and (3) unusual unsaturation, and consequent binding of very weak ligands. The X-ray diffractometer is used to make accurate and precise measurements of the full three dimensional structure of a molecule. The information obtained gives the precise values of all the bond distances and bond angles of a given molecule and it gives accurate information about the spatial arrangement of the molecule relative to the neighboring molecules.