This award from the Chemistry Research Instrumentation and Facilities Program will assist the Department of Chemistry at the University of Colorado--Boulder in the purchase of a modern single-crystal diffraction system. This new instrumentation will enhance greatly research in a number of areas, including the following: (1) transition metal complexes containing quinone and radical semiquinone ligands; (2) role of metal sulfides in carbon-heteroatom and metal sulfur bond cleavage; (3) intramolecular Lewis acids as stereochemical control elements; (4) 2,5-Dicarboxy-Stabilized 1,4-Dihydropyrazines as electron donors in the synthesis of organic conductors and magnets; (5) extended skeletally stabilized cyclic and linear phosphazanes; and (6) single crystal x-ray structures of molecular rods and connectors. The x-ray diffractometer is used to make accurate and precise measurements of the full three- dimensional structure of a molecule. The information obtained gives the precise values of all the bond distances and bond angles of a given molecule and it gives accurate information about the spatial arrangement of that molecule relative to the neighboring molecules.

Agency
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Institute
Division of Chemistry (CHE)
Type
Standard Grant (Standard)
Application #
9505926
Program Officer
Joseph Reed
Project Start
Project End
Budget Start
1995-04-01
Budget End
1996-03-31
Support Year
Fiscal Year
1995
Total Cost
$206,500
Indirect Cost
Name
University of Colorado at Boulder
Department
Type
DUNS #
City
Boulder
State
CO
Country
United States
Zip Code
80309