Cross Course Group Projects Using NMR to Simulate an Industrial Setting

高场核磁共振仪器的使用使我们的学生能够接触到核磁共振仪器的最新技术，并使学生更好地为成为专业化学家做准备，因为所有课程都涉及模拟工业小组工作的项目。其他机构使用的标准核磁共振实验以及从核磁共振研究文献中提取的实验正在适应小组工作环境。学生将接触到核磁共振的方方面面，从第一年的基本光谱使用介绍，有机水平的常规仪器使用(质子和碳)，定量计算，二维核磁共振，仪器/物理水平的分裂模式，以及高级主题水平的多核核磁共振和未知表征以及几种分析技术。每年大约有250名主修化学、自然科学、生物学、医学技术、预科和中等教育的学生在使用这种仪器。两个使用研究型核磁共振分析的交叉课程项目每年直接涉及180名学生。此外，核磁共振还用于一系列本科生研究项目。当地高中教师和学生的曝光是通过化学教育工作者协会和化学马拉松计划进行的。其他专科学校和四年制大学教职员工在Small College Conference上露面。

Use of a high-field NMR instrument is giving our students access to current technology in NMR instrumentation and is better preparing students to be professional chemists because all of the courses involve projects that simulate industrial group work. Standard NMR experiments used at other institutions as well as experiments drawn from the NMR research literature are being adapted to the group work setting. Students are exposed to all aspects of NMR from an introduction to basic spectral use at the first-year level, routine instrument use at the Organic level (proton and carbon), quantitative calculations, 2-dimensional NMR, and splitting patterns at the Instrumental/Physical level, and multinuclear NMR and unknown characterization with several analytical techniques at the Advanced Topics level. Approximately 250 students per year majoring in chemistry, natural science, biology, medical technology, pre-professional programs, and secondary education-science emphasis are using the instrument. Two cross course projects using research-based NMR analysis involve 180 students directly each year. In addition, the NMR is used in a range of undergraduate research projects. Exposure of local high school teachers and students occurs through planned programs in the Chemical Educators Association and Chemathon. Other junior college and four-year college faculty receive exposure at the Small College Conference.