Purchase of a CD Spectrometer

根据化学研究仪器和设施（CRIF）项目的资助，加州大学欧文分校化学系将获得一台圆二色光谱仪。该设备将加强许多领域的研究，包括a)新型聚合物、共聚物、嵌段聚合物和离聚体的研究；B)天然产物色氨酸二聚化工程；C)新蛋白质系统的表征；D)开发具有生物医学重要性的复杂分子的高效化学合成；E)丙酮化合物的结构测定；f)蛋白质β -薄片相互作用的化学模型。圆二色光谱是现代分析化学中一种非常有用的工具。它提供了一种非常可靠和灵敏的方法来确定绝对分子构型。这些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 the University of California in Irvine will acquire a Circular Dichroism Spectrometer. This equipment will enhance research in a number of areas including a) studies on novel polymers, co-polymers, block polymers and ionomers; b) engineering of natural products via tryptophan dimerization; c) characterization of novel protein systems; d) development of efficient chemical syntheses of complex molecules of biomedical importance; e) structure determination of acetonide compounds; and f) chemical models of protein beta-sheet interactions. Circular dichroism spectroscopy is an extremely useful tool in modern analytical chemistry. It provides a very reliable and sensitive method for assigning absolute molecular configurations. The results from these studies will have an impact in a number of areas including materials chemistry and biochemistry.