An Anasazi Eft-60 60 MHz multinuclear FTNMR has allowed NMR experiments to be incorporated throughout the undergraduate curriculum at the University of St. Thomas. In addition to the use of NMR in the sophomore organic laboratory course, experiments have been incorporated in inorganic, physical chemistry, biochemistry and instrumental analysis courses. In addition, an effort has been made to involve selected freshmen in NMR projects during their second semester. Undergraduate research has led to the development and refinement of many of the experiments. Access to high field superconducting magnet instruments at the Shared Equipment Authority at Rice University at very reasonable rates has greatly enhanced opportunities for undergraduate research in NMR at the University of St. Thomas.This presentation will discuss the NMR for freshmen projects, the development of an experiment illustrating the difference in time scales between NMR and Raman spectroscopy, a 2D experiment on peptides, and how 60 MHz results led to ongoing high field studies of unique complex effects in organofluorine compounds.

NMR spectroscopy at the University of St. Thomas(TX): From general chemistry to undergraduate research

245th National Meeting (2013)

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