Award Abstract #0722385
MRI: Acquisition of 400 MHz NMRs for Research and Education

NSF Org:	CHE Division of Chemistry
Initial Amendment Date:	August 10, 2007
Latest Amendment Date:	August 10, 2007
Award Number:	0722385
Award Instrument:	Standard Grant
Program Manager:	Carlos A. Murillo CHE Division of Chemistry MPS Directorate for Mathematical & Physical Sciences
Start Date:	August 15, 2007
Expires:	July 31, 2010 (Estimated)
Awarded Amount to Date:	$551500
Investigator(s):	Cheryl Stevenson cdsteve@ilstu.edu (Principal Investigator) Lisa Szczepura (Co-Principal Investigator) Steven Peters (Co-Principal Investigator)
Sponsor:	Illinois State University North and School Streets Normal, IL 61790 309/438-2528
NSF Program(s):	MAJOR RESEARCH INSTRUMENTATION
Field Application(s):
Program Reference Code(s):	OTHR, 9179, 9178, 9177, 0000
Program Element Code(s):	1189

ABSTRACT

With this award from the Major Research Instrumentation program (MRI), the Department of Chemistry at Illinois State University (ISU) will acquire a 400 MHz NMR spectrometer and an upgrade on the console of an existent 400 MHz NMR spectrometer. The NMR spectrometers will be utilized in research projects including 1) rare earth complexes, 2) cluster complexes, 3) porphyrin-derived macrocycles, 4) chiral auxiliaries, and 5) biochemical and mechanistic studies in physical, organic and biophysical chemistry. Two functioning NMR spectrometers will allow for research and training of a large number of students. Chemistry research opportunities will be available for a significant number of underrepresented undergraduates, community college students and high-school students.

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopy is one of the most powerful tools available to chemists for the elucidation of the structure of molecules. It is used to identify unknown substances, to characterize specific arrangements of atoms within molecules, and to study the dynamics of interactions between molecules in solution. Access to state-of-the-art NMR spectrometers is essential to chemists who are carrying out frontier research. The results from these NMR studies will have an impact in synthetic organic chemistry and biochemistry.

PUBLICATIONS PRODUCED AS A RESULT OF THIS RESEARCH

Mahadik, G.; Knott, S. A.; Szczepura, L. F.; Hitchcock, S. R.. "b-Hydroxy and b-(o-diphosphino)benzoyloxy(o-diphosphino) benzamides," Tetrahedron: Asymmetry, v.20, 2009, p. 1132.

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