Mass spectrometer for use in chemistry research at the University of Winnipeg

质谱法提供了一种分子量的测量，这对于正确识别和表征新化合物是绝对必要的。我们正在申请资金，以帮助购买质谱仪，可以用来提供这些数据。这些资金将用于购买micrOTOF II高分辨率质谱仪（HRMS）仪器，该仪器将：(i)取代我们目前无法使用的质谱仪，（II）在温尼伯大学建立LC-MS设施。所要求的质谱仪将能够精确测量有机和无机化合物的质量。LC-MS系统将有助于有机化合物混合物的分析和重要药用植物粗提取物的代谢组学分析。该仪器将使本科生/研究生能够获得实际操作的高分辨率质谱数据，这将极大地提高温尼伯大学合成、天然产物和生物分析化学家以及土壤化学家的研究能力。预计这组申请者将在未来六年内培训100多名本科生和研究生使用所要求的仪器。*****

Mass spectrometry provides a measurement of molecular weight that is absolutely essential for the proper identification and characterization of new chemical compounds. We are requesting funds to help in the purchase of a mass spectrometer that can be used to provide this data. These funds will be used to purchase a micrOTOF II high-resolution mass spectrometer (HRMS) instrument that will: (i) replace our currently unusable mass spectrometer and (ii) build a LC-MS facility at the University of Winnipeg. The requested mass spectrometer will enable exact mass measurements of organic and inorganic compounds. The LC-MS system will help in analyzing mixtures of organic compounds and metabolomic profiling of crude extracts of medicinally important plants. This instrument will allow undergraduate/graduate students to acquire hands-on high-resolution mass spectral data that will dramatically advance the research capacity of synthetic, natural product and bio-analytical chemists, as well as soil chemists at the University of Winnipeg. It is anticipated that this team of applicants will train over 100 undergraduate and graduate students to use the requested instrument over the next six years.*****