Upgrade of an X-Ray Diffractometer

根据化学研究仪器和设施（CRIF）项目的拨款，凯斯西储大学化学系将升级一台x射线衍射仪。该设备将加强在许多领域的研究，包括有机钼和有机铁化学的研究；多键磷中心；碘基苯的化学性质；光动力治疗用光活性材料；有机合成;具有双核配体的立体控制二铜配合物钴卟啉作为氧还原电催化剂脂质和糖氧化产物修饰蛋白质x射线衍射仪用于精确测量分子的完整三维结构，包括键的距离和角度，以及分子相对于邻近分子的空间排列的准确信息。

With this award from the Chemistry Research Instrumentation and Facilities (CRIF) Program, the Department of Chemistry at Case Western Reserve University will acquire an upgrade of an X-ray diffractometer. This equipment will enhance research in a number of areas including studies of organomolybdenum and organoiron chemistry; multiply bonded phosphorus centers; chemistry of iodosylbenzene; photoactive materials for photodynamic therapy; organic synthesis; stereocontrolled dicopper complexes with binucleating ligands; cobalt porphyrins as electrocatalysts for oxygen reductionmodification of proteins by lipid & sugar oxidation products; and transamination catalyzed by amine oxidasesThe X-ray diffractometer is used to make accurate and precise measurements of the full three dimensional structure of a molecule, including bond distances and angles and accurate information about the spatial arrangement of the molecule relative to the neighboring molecules.