Development of Hands-On Learning in Modern Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy

该项目使化学和物理教师能够开发现代核磁共振（NMR）光谱学理论和实践的综合教学计划。 新的核磁共振光谱仪为学院提供了有史以来第一台核磁共振仪器，由此产生的动手能力大大提高了化学系在化学结构测定领域进行复杂实验的能力。 核磁共振教学是化学和物理系的合资企业。 物理系主要集中在教学NMR硬件的理论和实践方面，化学系集中在教学NMR的化学应用。 化学和生物学专业的学生在第一年的普通化学课程中介绍了该仪器，并在随后的五门化学/物理课程中教授NMR的各个方面。 一个多核光谱仪已被选定，以扩大NMR的经验超出了传统的有机化学应用。 该仪器允许学生获得与现代NMR光谱仪的持续实践经验。 这一经验提供了澄清现代NMR光谱学基础的抽象理论概念所需的实验室背景。 该仪器非常适合作为教学和研究仪器。 它的模块化结构使其功能得以扩展，以满足未来的教学和研究需求。 新的NMR实验的多样性为学生将来使用NMR仪器进行创造性工作做好了准备，NMR可以显着激发学生对本科研究项目的兴趣。 *

This project enables chemistry and physics faculty to develop a comprehensive program of instruction in the theory and practice of modern nuclear-magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. The new NMR spectrometer provides the first-ever NMR instrumentation for the college, and the resulting hands-on availability dramatically enhances the Chemistry Department's capabilities for conducting sophisticated experiments in the area of chemical structure determination. Instruction in NMR is a joint venture of the chemistry and physics faculty. Physics faculty concentrate primarily on teaching the theory and practical aspects of NMR hardware, and chemistry faculty concentrate on teaching chemical applications of NMR. Chemistry and biology majors are introduced to the instrument in the first-year general chemistry course, and various aspects of NMR are taught in five subsequent chemistry/physics courses. A multinuclear spectrometer has been selected in order to expand the NMR experience beyond the traditional organic chemistry applications. This instrument allows students to gain continual hands-on experience with a modern NMR spectrometer. This experience provides the laboratory background needed to clarify the abstract theoretical concepts that underlie modern NMR spectroscopy. The instrument is well suited to function as both a teaching and research instrument. Its modular construction allows its capabilities to be expanded to meet future teaching and research needs. The diversity of new NMR experiments prepares students for future creative work with NMR instrumentation, and the NMR can significantly stimulate student interest in undergraduate research projects. *