Award Abstract #0520850
MRI: Acquisition of a 400 MHz FT-NMR For Undergraduate Research and Education

NSF Org:	CHE Division of Chemistry
Initial Amendment Date:	July 29, 2005
Latest Amendment Date:	July 29, 2005
Award Number:	0520850
Award Instrument:	Standard Grant
Program Manager:	Carlos A. Murillo CHE Division of Chemistry MPS Directorate for Mathematical & Physical Sciences
Start Date:	August 15, 2005
Expires:	July 31, 2008 (Estimated)
Awarded Amount to Date:	$297693
Investigator(s):	Thomas Grattan tgrattan@csuniv.edu (Principal Investigator)
Sponsor:	Charleston Southern Univ 9200 University Blvd. Charleston, SC 29423 843/863-7781
NSF Program(s):	MAJOR RESEARCH INSTRUMENTATION
Field Application(s):
Program Reference Code(s):	OTHR,9150,9141,0000
Program Element Code(s):	1189

ABSTRACT

With support from the Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Program, the Department of Chemistry at Charleston Southern University will acquire a 400 MHz Fourier transform nuclear magnetic resonance (FT-NMR) Spectrometer. This equipment will enable researchers to carry out studies on syntheses of novel pyrazolyl methane ligand systems, novel nucleoside transport inhibitors as well as studying the chemical exchange and fluxionality in transition metal coordination complexes.

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 a number of areas, especially synthetic chemistry.

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