Upgrade of a 300 MHz NMR Spectrometer for Teaching and Research

得克萨斯大学阿灵顿分校化学系将获得化学研究仪器和设施(CRIF)计划颁发的这一奖项，从而获得一台300 MHz的核磁共振波谱仪。该设备将使研究人员能够开展合成有机、无机、物理有机和聚合物化学的研究。这些研究包括：a)新型对映体纯金属-有机树枝状大分子的研究；b)新型含氟聚(吡唑基)硼酸盐配体的金属配合物；c)具有增强的导电性、超导性或电致和光致发光性能的聚合物材料；d)具有非线性光学性能的ISAM的研究；e)生物活性生物碱的全合成和合成方法的开发；f)气体的分子识别。核磁共振波谱是化学家用来解释分子结构的最有力的工具。它被用来识别未知物质，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。对于正在进行前沿研究的化学家来说，获得最先进的核磁共振光谱仪是必不可少的。这些核磁共振研究的结果将对材料科学和新聚合物的开发产生特别的影响。

With this award from the Chemistry Research Instrumentation and Facilities (CRIF) Program, the Department of Chemistry at the University of Texas in Arlington will acquire a 300 MHz NMR Spectrometer. This equipment will enable researchers to carry out research on synthetic organic, inorganic, physical organic and polymer chemistry. These include the study of a) novel enantiomerically pure metal-organic dendrimers; b) metal complexes of new fluorinated poly(pyrazolyl)borate ligands; c) polymeric materials with enhanced electrical conductivity, superconductivity or electro- and photoluminescent properties; d) the study of ISAMs with nonlinear optical properties; e) the total synthesis of bioactive alkaloids and synthetic methods development; and f) molecular recognition of gases. 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 spectrometers is essential to chemists who are carrying out frontier research. The results from these NMR studies will have a particular impact in materials science and the development of new polymers.