DCIF: Facility

The Department of Chemistry Instrumentation Facility

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	The Department of Chemistry Instrumentation Facility is the shared instrument facility for the Chemistry Department located in the sub-basement of the Camille Edouard Dreyfus Building on the main MIT campus. The facility's function is to maintain a sufficient number and type of state-of-the-art major analytical instruments in order to support the ongoing research programs within the MIT Chemistry Department. Currently, there are four permanent staff members who provide instrument training, maintenance, repair and applications assistance to well over 400 users. The lab currently houses seven NMR spectrometers, one EPR spectrometer, one high resolution fourier transform mass spectrometer, a GC-MS, a polarimeter, a Bruker Omniflex MALDI-TOF, and an FT-IR spectrometer. Facility Pictures

	Special thanks go out to the National Science Foundation for their generous financial support. Without their continuing support the DCIF would not be able to supply the MIT and surrounding scientific communities the level of support needed to maintain this state-of-the-art facility. Thank you NSF for continuing to aid MIT in advancing the frontiers of science.

	General Laboratory Policies This is a multi-use laboratory so in order for us to maintain the highest level of service possible please read this! Thank you.

	NMR: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance: (Our NMR Links page can be found here.)

	Our NMR Page Descriptions of the NMR instruments available within the facility. NMR Links Page A page filled with various useful NMR related links. NMR related Books and Tutorials: (Instructional sheets and manuals for both Bruker and Varian NMR instrumentation can be found here.) The Basics of NMR An introductory text to NMR in HTML format by Dr. Joseph P. Hornak at the Rochester Institute of Technology. The Bruker NMR Guide and Encyclopedia. A great resource from the people at Bruker Analytik GMBH Advanced NMR Course by Françoise Sauriol (Queens University, Canada) Yet another NMR Spectroscopy Course. This one is by Prof. James Keeler at the University of Cambridge. The Basics of MRI Also written by Dr. Joseph P. Hornak Introductory NMR A short introduction to some basic principles of NMR. The ACRONYM Page Ever wonder what those acronyms stand for? An NMR Tutorial from The NMR-Collaborative Training Project (NMR-CTP) at Rider University by Alexander Grushow, PhD Useful NMR Related Tables and Calculators: NMR Knowledge Base - The well-known nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy site. Great resource (Germany) NMR Frequency Table Frequency table listing the isotope, spin, percent natural abundance, at various magnetic fields. Extensive NMR Resources at The Technion Faculty of Chemistry Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Facility in Haifa, Israel Interactive NMR Frequency Map by Alexej Jerschow, New York University Generalized Karplus calculator at the SpectroscopyNOW website. Vicinal proton-proton coupling constant calculator also from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Department of Chemistry Room Temperature Shim Table Room temperature shim functions along with the corresponding function and interaction order. NMR Solvent Data Chart Chemical shifts for common solvents from Cambridge Isotope Laboratories, Inc. ( Adobe .pdf format) Proton Shift Table Common proton shifts arranged by functional group Chemical Shift Tables also from the University of Potsdam in Germany. Includes ¹H, ¹¹B, ¹³C, ¹⁵N, ¹⁷O, ¹⁹F, and ¹⁹P nuclei J_H,H coupling constants again from the University of Potsdam in Germany.
	EPR: Electron Paramagnetic Resonance:

	Our EPR Page A page describing the facility EPR spectrometer. EPR Links Page Links to EPR resources on the Web. EPR training outline A simple outline including some helpful tips to assist the novice EPR user. Low-temperature EPR Manual This manual was written by Maarten Merkx while doing a post-doc for Prof. Lippard.
	MS: Mass Spectrometry:

	Our Mass Spectrometry Page Descriptions of the DCIF mass spectrometer instrumentation. Mass Spectrometry Links Page Mass spectrometry links on the web. Mass Spectrometry Utilities Lots of helpful utilities including a nuclidic masses and isotopic abundances table. Mass Spectrometry ACRONYMS A page devoted to defining common MS related acronyms. Guidelines for Submitting Samples Before submitting a sample for analysis, please look at these simple guidelines
	FT-IR: Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometry:

	Our FT-IR Page Descriptions of the FT-IR instrumentation available in the facility. FT-IR Links Page Web pages devoted to FT-IR spectroscopy. This page also includes some great links to IR resources. Download a copy of the PE-2000 quick training sheet here. (Requires Adobe Acrobat)
	Polarimetry:

	Our Polarimetry Page Facility polarimeter. Polarimetry & CD Links Page Links to some polarimetry and circular dichroism resources on the internet.
	Poster Printer:

	The DCIF owns an HP Designjet 5500 color poster printer. Submission Instructions -- Please follow these instructions exactly! The poster printer software will only accept files with a specific format. Students may use the DCIF's "Isabella" computer (the left-most computer in the processing room, with a wide screen monitor) to create and convert posters. Isabella has Photoshop, Adobe, and Microsoft Office, in addition to the NMR processing programs. A flatbed scanner is available upon request.