Purchase of a 300-MHz NMR Spectrometer

根据化学研究仪器和设施（CRIF）计划的这份合同，佛罗里达理工学院化学系将获得一台300 MHz核磁共振光谱仪。该设备将使研究人员能够在许多领域进行研究，包括研究a)环状和金属络合的副环番烷的结构；B)合成一类新的天然产物（异前列腺素）；C)合成有机化学；d)聚合物降解和可燃性。核磁共振（NMR）波谱是化学家用来研究分子结构的最有力的工具之一。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仪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合成有机化学和材料科学产生影响。

With this award from the Chemistry Research Instrumentation and Facilities (CRIF) Program, the Department of Chemistry at Florida Institute of Technology will acquire a 300 MHz NMR Spectrometer. This equipment will enable researchers to carry out research in a number of areas, including studies on a) the structure of annulated and metal-complexed paracyclophanes; b) synthesis of a new class of natural products (the isoprostanes); c) synthetic organic chemistry; and d) polymer degradation and flammability. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopy is one of the most powerful tools 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 an impact in synthetic organic chemistry and materials science.