Purchase of an FTIR In Situ Reaction Monitoring System

University Of Vermont & State Agricultural College, Burlington VT

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Abstract

With support from the Chemistry Research Instrumentation and Facilities (CRIF) Program, the Department of Chemistry at the University of Vermont and State Agricultural College will acquire a Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) in situ reaction monitoring system. Use of in situ reaction monitoring will advance research in several areas, including asymmetric radical additions as new synthetic pathways to natural products, cation radical chemistry and mixed-valent systems, and metal-carbonyl catalysts for synthesis of large polyaromatic molecules. A Fourier transform infrared spectrometer is a veritable workhorse in the modern chemical laboratory and can provide important information about molecular and electronic structure. These studies will have a significant impact in synthetic chemistry.