Acquisition of a Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer

有了化学研究仪器和设施（CRIF）计划的这一奖项，爱荷华州研究所的化学系将获得一台飞行时间质谱仪。该设备将加强若干领域的研究，包括：a）开发新的钯介导的有机合成方法; B）天然产品全合成的新途径; c）设计、合成和分析新的高性能聚合物; d）有机金属络合物促进的催化反应机理; e）水介质中有机废物的光催化降解。 质谱（MS）是一种用于探测紧密结构细节并获得大量有机、生物有机和有机金属分子的分子组成的技术。这些研究的结果将对包括材料和环境科学在内的许多领域产生影响。

With this award from the Chemistry Research Instrumentation and Facilities (CRIF) Program, the Department of Chemistry at Iowa State Institute will acquire a time-of-flightmass spectrometer. This equipment will enhance research in a number of areas including a) the development of new palladium-mediated synthetic organic methods; b) new pathways for the total synthesis of natural products; c) the design, synthesis and analysis of new high performance polymers; d) mechanisms of catalytic reactions promoted by organometallic complexes; and e) photocatalytic degradation of organic wastes in aqueous media. Mass spectrometry (MS) is a technique used to probe intimate structural details and to obtain the molecular compositions of a vast array of organic, bioorganic, and organometallic molecules. The results from these studies will have an impact in a number of areas including materials and environmental sciences.