A Regional WWW-Based FT-NMR for Chemistry Curriculum Improvements

通过使用傅里叶变换核磁共振(FT-核磁共振)光谱仪，地方本科教学正在得到改进。通过一系列核心讲座和实验室课程，为学生提供单一的知识和技能。傅立叶变换核磁共振光谱学的基本方面(~1H和~(13)C核磁共振谱的获取和解释以及FT-核磁共振实验的性质)在SET的早期课程、长达一年的有机序列和仪器分析中讲授。傅立叶变换核磁共振光谱学的高级方面(异核耦合、温度和流动性之间的关系以及多维核磁共振结构分析)将在后面的高级无机化学实验室教授。一个开放式的研究问题，呼吁学生创造性地整合他们的核磁共振波谱知识，在有机化学的高级实验室课程中提供了顶峰的核磁共振体验。用于实施课程开发的工具是FT-核磁共振波谱仪和万维网(WWW)。FT-核磁共振位于州长州立大学，通过WWW连接到圣弗朗西斯大学和南郊学院，并最终连接到南都会地区高等教育联盟(SMRHEC)的所有成员。支持FT-核磁共振用户的教师发展包括：SMRHEC致力于展示仪器及其能力的初步会议，建立一个区域FT-核磁共振用户小组，以及用户小组的年度会议。年度会议为课程开发提供了一个论坛，促进了课程材料在各机构之间的转移，提供了一个展示学生研究的论坛，并允许与使用FT-核磁共振先进应用的特邀演讲者进行讨论。

Regional undergraduate instruction is being improved through use of a Fourier transform nuclear magnetic resonance (FT-NMR) spectrometer. Students are provided with a single set of knowledge and skills through a set of core lecture and laboratory courses. Fundamental aspects of FT-NMR spectroscopy (the acquisition and interpretation of I H and 13 C NMR spectra plus the nature of the FT-NMR experiment) is taught in the earlier courses of the set, the year-long organic sequence and instrumental analysis. Advanced aspects of FT-NMR spectroscopy (heteronuclear coupling, the relationship between temperature and fluxioniality, and multidimensional NMR structural analysis) are taught in a later course, advanced inorganic chemistry lab. An open-ended research problem, calling on students to creatively integrate their knowledge of NMR spectroscopy, provides a capstone NMR experience, in a senior lab course in organic chemistry.The tools used to implement the curricular developments are a FT-NMR spectrometer and the World Wide Web (WWW). The FT-NMR is located at Governors State University, and is connected to the University of St. Francis and to South Suburban College, and eventually to all members of the South Metropolitan Regional Higher Education Consortium (SMRHEC), via the WWW. Faculty development, to support FT-NMR users, includes: an initial meeting of SMRHEC faculty devoted to a demonstration of the instrument and its capabilities, the establishment of a regional FT-NMR users' group, and annual meetings of the users' group. The annual meetings provide a forum for curriculum development, facilitate the transfer of curricular materials between institutions, provide a forum for the presentation of student research, and allow for discussions with invited speakers who use advanced applications of FT-NMR.