High-Field FT-NMR in Undergraduate Chemistry Instruction

任何为学生准备研究生工作、教学或工业就业的化学本科课程都需要提供对现代核磁共振（NMR）光谱学理论和实践的重要和实质性的接触。作为一种测定分子结构的仪器方法，这种技术是无可比拟的，并且在化学的其他领域，包括分析化学和物理化学中得到越来越多的应用。它也是任何生物化学领域教学的重要组成部分。在化学课程中，学生接触现代核磁共振的机会受到以前可用仪器的严重限制。大多数课程只有旧的、不可靠的、连续波的、60兆赫的仪器可用。该项目提供了一个高场超导核磁共振，允许在整个课程中常规使用氢、13C、19F、31P和相关光谱。最初和全面的接触开始于二年级的有机实验室序列，随后在分析、物理和无机实验室序列中使用。新生物化学课程的教学也可因该仪器的使用而大大提高。广泛的本科研究项目也从这次收购中受益匪浅。＊

Any undergraduate program in chemistry that prepares students for graduate work, teaching, or industrial employment needs to provide significant and substantial exposure to the theory and practice of modern nuclear-magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. This technique is unrivaled as an instrumental method for the determination of molecular structure and is finding increasing applications in other areas of chemistry including analytical and physical chemistry. It is also an essential component of any instruction in the area of biochemistry. In the chemistry program, exposure of students to modern NMR has been severely limited by the previously available instrumentation. Only old, unreliable, continuous wave, 60-MHz instruments have been available for most of the curriculum. This project provides a high-field, superconducting NMR that allows routine use of H, 13C, 19F, 31P, and correlation spectroscopy throughout the curriculum. Initial and comprehensive exposure starts in the sophomore organic laboratory sequence and is followed by uses in analytical, physical, and inorganic laboratory sequences. A new biochemistry curriculum can also be greatly enhanced by acquisition of this instrument. The extensive undergraduate research program also benefits greatly from this acquisition. *