Purchase of a 400 MHz NMR Spectrometer

根据化学研究仪器和设施（CRIF）项目的资助，Mount Holyoke学院化学系将获得一台400 MHz核磁共振光谱仪。该设备将使研究人员能够进行以下研究：a)小抗磁性蛋白质和肽的溶液结构，以及包括超分子组装在内的复杂有机分子；b)瞬态有机金属中间体的多核磁共振研究；c)聚合物微观结构的测定。核磁共振（NMR）波谱是化学家用来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，以及研究溶液中分子之间相互作用的动力学。获得最先进的核磁共振光谱是必不可少的化学家谁正在进行前沿研究。这些核磁共振研究的结果将对包括材料化学和生物化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 Mount Holyoke College will acquire a 400 MHz NMR Spectrometer. This equipment will enable researchers to carry out studies on a) solution structures of small, diamagnetic proteins and peptides, as well as complex organic molecules including supramolecular assemblies; b) multi-nuclear NMR studies of transient organometallic intermediates; and c) determination of polymer microstructures. 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, to 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. The results from these NMR studies will have an impact in a number of areas including materials chemistry and biochemistry.