MRI: Acquisition of an NMR console, multinuclear probe, and autosampler to advance research and undergraduate research training

该奖项由主要研究仪器(MRI)和化学研究仪器(CRIF)项目支持。来自高露洁大学的欧内斯特·诺伦教授及其同事理查德·盖尔(III)和安东尼·奇亚尼斯对400 MHz核磁共振(核磁共振)光谱仪进行了控制台升级。总的来说，核磁共振波谱是化学家研究分子结构的最强大的工具之一。它被用来识别未知物质，表征分子中原子的特定排列，并研究分子在溶液或固体中的相互作用。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很重要的。这些核磁共振研究的结果对合成有机/无机化学、材料化学、法医学和生物化学产生了影响。该仪器是本科生通过独立的学生研究和传统的学术课程进行的教学和研究的组成部分。学生在独立学习、暑期研究和高级项目中从事这些项目-这些活动为他们进入全国有竞争力的研究生项目和/或行业做准备。此外，还有参加Camp Fiver的高中生，这是一个寄宿夏令营，接待了一群在纽约市和纽约州北部农村处于危险中的学生。这种核磁共振波谱仪加强了各级的研究和教育。它影响了集中在合成糖肽模拟物和光笼养的腺苷受体配体的表征方面的研究。该光谱仪还可用于开发均相过渡金属催化剂和阐明反应中间体的结构和动力学。最后，它有利于表征具有改变核心结构的合成的卟啉类化合物。

This award is supported by the Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) and the Chemistry Research Instrumentation (CRIF) Programs. Professor Ernest Nolen from Colgate University and colleagues Richard Geier (III) and Anthony Chianese have acquired a console upgrade for a 400 MHz nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectrometer. In general, NMR spectroscopy is one of the most powerful tools available to chemists for the structural study of molecules. It is used to identify unknown substances, to characterize specific arrangements of atoms within molecules, and to study the interactions between molecules in solution or in the solid state. Access to state-of-the-art NMR spectrometers is important to chemists who are carrying out frontier research. The results from these NMR studies have an impact in synthetic organic/inorganic chemistry, materials chemistry, forensics and biochemistry. This instrument is an integral part of teaching as well as research performed by undergraduate students via independent student research and traditional academic coursework. Students work on these projects during independent studies, summer research, and senior projects - activities which prepare them to enter competitive graduate programs and/or industries across the country. In addition, there is participation of high school students attending Camp Fiver, a residential summer camp that hosts a group of at-risk students in New York City and rural upstate New York.This NMR spectrometer enhances research and education at all levels. It impacts research focused on the characterization of synthetic gylcopeptide mimics and photo-caged adenosine receptor ligands. The spectrometer is also used in developing homogeneous transition-metal catalysts and elucidating the structure and dynamics of reactive intermediates. Finally, it benefits the characterization of synthesized porphyrinoids having altered core structures.