Acquisition of a Dept. High Resolution Mass Spectrometer

在化学研究仪器和设施(CRIF)计划的支持下，德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校的化学系将购买一台高分辨率质谱仪。该设备将加强若干领域的研究，包括a)抗坏血酸传感器的设计和评价；b)合成配体的分析；c)具有设计结构和功能的大分子体系的合成、表征和操作；d)涉及新的催化转化的研究；以及e)扩大的卟啉体系和相关的多吡咯大环体系的合成。质谱仪(MS)是一种用于探测大量有机、生物有机和有机金属分子的内部结构细节和获得其分子组成的技术。它是发展最快、使用最广泛的分析仪器技术之一。正因为如此，让本科生和研究生接触这项技术是很重要的。研究生、本科生、暑期和博士后将使用该仪器进行研究。

With support from the Chemistry Research Instrumentation and Facilities (CRIF) Program, the Department of Chemistry at the University of Texas at Austin will purchase a High Resolution Mass Spectrometer. This equipment will enhance research in a number of areas including a) the design and evaluation of a sensor for ascorbic acid; b) analysis of synthetic ligands; c) the synthesis, characterization and manipulation of large molecular systems with designed structure and function; d) studies involving novel catalytic transformations; and e) synthesis of expanded porphyrin systems and related polypyrrolic macrocyclic systems. 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. It is one of the fastest growing and most widely used analytical instrumentation techniques. Because of this, it is important for undergraduate and graduate students to be exposed to the technique. Graduate students, undergraduate summer and postdocs will use this instrument for their research.