MRI: Acquisition of an X-ray Diffractometer for X-ray Crystallography in Undergraduate Research at Grinnell College

通过这项来自主要研究仪器（MRI）项目的奖励，格林内尔学院的Martin Minelli教授和他的同事Charles Cunningham、T. Andrew Mobley和Stephen Sieck将获得一台台式x射线衍射仪。这项建议的目的是加强各级的研究培训和教育，特别是在下列领域的结构研究：(a)钼配位配合物、(b)双金属有机金属化合物、(c)有机氮（硝基酮）化合物和(d)金属间化合物。x射线衍射仪可以精确测量分子的完整三维结构，包括键距和角度，并提供有关分子相对于邻近分子的空间排列的准确信息。这里描述的研究将影响许多领域，包括有机和无机化学，材料化学和生物化学。这台仪器将成为化学系和物理系教学和研究中不可或缺的一部分。

With this award from the Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Program, Professor Martin Minelli from Grinnell College and colleagues Charles Cunningham, T. Andrew Mobley and Stephen Sieck will acquire a benchtop X-ray diffractometer. The proposal is aimed at enhancing research training and education at all levels, especially structure studies in areas such as (a) molybdenum coordination complexes, (b) bimetallic organometallic compounds, (c) organic nitrogen (nitrone) compounds, and (d) intermetallic compounds.An X-ray diffractometer allows accurate and precise measurements of the full three dimensional structure of a molecule, including bond distances and angles, and provides accurate information about the spatial arrangement of a molecule relative to neighboring molecules. The studies described here will impact a number of areas, including organic and inorganic chemistry, materials chemistry and biochemistry. This instrument will be an integral part of teaching as well as research in the chemistry and physics departments.