Purchase of a Mass Spectrometer

在化学研究仪器和设施-多用户仪器获取（CRIF-MU）计划的支持下，位于里诺的内华达大学化学系将购买一台配备两个大气压电离源的四极质谱计。该设备将加强许多领域的研究，包括1)复杂有机分子的设计和合成；2)过渡金属化合物中离散和扩展的金属-金属相互作用的探索；3)有机金属配合物的合成、结构和反应性，重点是那些适用于水/双相催化的有机金属配合物；4)一维扩展石墨结构的合成；5)溶性致色中原的设计与合成。质谱（MS）是一种用于探测内部结构细节和获得大量有机、生物有机和有机金属分子的分子组成的技术。它是发展最快和应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到这种技术是很重要的。研究生、本科生和博士后将使用该仪器进行研究。

With support from the Chemistry Research Instrumentation and Facilities - Multiuser Instrument Acquisition (CRIF-MU) Program, the Department of Chemistry at the University of Nevada in Reno will purchase a single quadrupole mass spectrometer equipped with two atmospheric pressure ionization sources. This equipment will enhance research in a number of areas including 1) the design and synthesis of complex organic molecules; 2) the exploration of discrete and extended metal-metal interactions in transition metal compounds; 3) the synthesis, structure and reactivity of organometallic complexes with emphasis on those applicable to aqueous/biphasic catalysis; 4) the synthesis of one-dimensional extended graphitic structures; and 5) the design and synthesis of lyotropic chromonic mesogens. 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.