Purchase of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectrometers

凭借化学研究仪器和设施（CRIF）计划的这一奖项，位于洛杉矶的加州大学化学系将获得一台500 MHz NMR光谱仪。这一设备将加强以下领域的研究：（a）含碳硼烷和多面体硼烷的新型化合物的合成、反应性和特性;（B）合成有机化学;（c）通过有机金属化学进行合成;（d）富勒烯的内嵌金属络合物;（e）超分子和大分子化学;和f）用于材料研究的聚氮杂碳和聚氮杂杂碳核磁共振（NMR）光谱是化学家可用于阐明分子结构的最有力的工具。它用于识别未知物质，表征分子内原子的特定排列，并研究溶液中分子之间相互作用的动力学。对于从事前沿研究的化学家来说，使用最先进的NMR光谱分析技术是必不可少的。 这些核磁共振研究的结果在聚合物和材料化学中特别有用。

With this award from the Chemistry Research Instrumentation and Facilities (CRIF) Program, the Department of Chemistry at The University of California in Los Angeles will acquire a 500 MHz NMR Spectrometer. This equipment will enhance research in the following areas: a) synthesis, reactivity and characterization of novel carborane- and polyhedral borane-containing compounds; b) synthetic organic chemistry; c) synthesis via organometallic chemistry; d) endohedral metal complexes of fullerenes; e) supramolecular and macromolecular chemistry; and f) polyazacarbons and polyazaheterocarbons for materials research.Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopy is the most powerful tool available to chemists for the elucidation of the structure of molecules. It is used to identify unknown substances, characterize specific arrangements of atoms within molecules, and to study the dynamics of interactions between molecules in solution. Access to state-of-the-art NMR spectrometry is essential to chemists who are carrying out frontier research. Results from these NMR studies will be especially useful in polymer and materials chemistry.