Acquisition of a 400 MHz NMR for Research and Training at Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids Community College and Aquinas College

该奖项由重大研究仪器计划(MRI)和化学研究仪器计划支持。有了它，大谷州立大学的Shannon Biros教授和他的同事们已经获得了一台400 MHz的核磁共振(核磁共振)光谱仪。核磁共振光谱仪能够识别原子(例如，氢、碳等)。在材料中。这种分析技术被用来识别化学物质、药物、蛋白质或未知物质。光谱仪安装在大谷州立大学(GVSU)，供他们的教职员工和学生使用，以及大急流社区学院(GRCC)和阿奎纳斯学院的教职员工和学生使用。该仪器促进了对光学材料和生物传感器中潜在用途的重要金属的研究，对蛋白质与抗生素物质结合的研究，以及对光伏和太阳能电池等应用的新材料的研究。GVSU和GRCC的许多学生(40%-60%)是他们家第一个上大学的人。这些学生接触到尖端的仪器设备，有助于他们作为具有科学素养的个人的发展，并有助于形成一支具有竞争力的科学工作队伍。核磁共振光谱仪的获奖旨在加强各级的研究和教育。它尤其影响到选择性f元素萃取剂的研究；芳基磺酸盐的亲核芳香族取代反应中键分裂区域选择性的研究；主要基团衍生物的制备；单膦和双膦的d，f-嵌段金属化。该仪器还服务于研究人员研究内酰胺酶的结构和研究配体/添加剂结构与反应活性的关系。

This award is supported by the Major Research Instrumentation Program (MRI) and the Chemistry Research Instrumentation Program. With it, Professor Shannon Biros from Grand Valley State University and colleagues have acquired a 400 MHz nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectrometer. An NMR spectrometer enables the identification of the atoms (for example, hydrogen, carbon, etc.) in the material. This analytic technique is used to identify chemicals, drugs, proteins or unknown substances. The spectrometer is housed at Grand Valley State University (GVSU) and used by their faculty and students, as well as faculty and students at Grand Rapids Community College (GRCC) and Aquinas College. The instrument advances research on metals important for potential uses in optical materials and biosensors, on protein binding to antibiotic substances and on new materials with applications such as photovoltaics and solar cells. Many students at GVSU and GRCC (40-60%) are the first in their family to attend college. The exposure of these students to cutting edge instrumentation facilitates their development as scientifically literate individuals and contributes to a competitive scientific workforce.The award of the NMR spectrometer is aimed at enhancing research and education at all levels. It especially impacts investigations of selective f-element extraction agents; studies of bond fission regioselectivity in nucleophilic aromatic substitution of arylsulfonates, the preparations of main group derivatives, and d,f-block metallation of mono- and diphosphines. The instrument also serves researchers investigating the structure lactamase enzymes and studying the relationship between ligand/additive structure and reactivity.