Research Facilities

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Facility

The NMR Facility in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology has three multinuclear solution spectrometers, a Bruker AC20, a Bruker AC250 with a Tecmag upgrade, and a Bruker Avance 500; all standard bore systems. In addition, the facility has a Bruker ASX300 wide bore for solid state NMR. The 500, 300 and one 250 are located in the basement of Clark Hall, room B71. The other 250 is on the first floor of Clark Hall, room 118.

We are grateful to The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation and the National Science Foundation for awarding us grants to put in a Tecmag/Macintosh data system ("Upstairs" AC250). This spectrometer has a 5 mm BB probe, is fully broadband, and maintains its VT capability. We have incorporated its use in second semester organic lab, and inorganic lab. We hope to include it in other courses as well. This spectrometer is used primarily for undergraduate laboratory experiments. Researchers are allowed to use it at other times.

The "New"(or "downstairs") AC250 has a 5 mm broadband probe as well as a 5 mm carbon/proton (tunable to fluorine) probe and a 10 mm broadband probe. This system also has VT capability. The 5mm probes on both ACs are usually tuned to C-13. Tuning to other nuclei is possible, and is allowed for students who have been trained and authorized.

The ASX 300 is a solids-only instrument. It has VT, a third channel, and 6 probes. The probes are: 7 mm CPMAS, 4 mm CPMAS, 7 mm CRAMPS, 7 mm triple resonance, a wideline probe with both 5 and 10 mm inserts, and a DOR probe.

The Avance 500 is our newest instrument. It is primarily a solution NMR, with VT, a third RF channel, 3 axis gradients, and 3 solution probes. They are: 5 mm inverse broadband with 3 axis gradients; 5 mm inverse triple (proton, phosphorus, broadband) with z-axis gradients; and 2.5 mm inverse broadband with 3 axis gradients. We have one solids probe for this system- a 4 mm CPMAS.

NMR Webpage: http://www.unm.edu/~karenann/.

X-ray Diffraction Facility

The X-ray diffraction Laboratory is part of the Chemistry and Chemical Biology Instrumentation Facility at the University of New Mexico. It is a service center as well as a student-user facility for the structure determination of small molecules. Sample compounds may be submitted for data collection alone or for data collection with structure determination. Student training for independent data collection is available. The laboratory serves the faculty and staff of the university as well as other state institutions. Our single crystal x-ray diffractometer is a Bruker Kappa Apex II unit equipped with Molybdenum tube, graphite monochromator, 4K CCD detector, and low temperature unit. The software is the Bruker Crystallographic package for data collection and data reduction and Bruker Shelxtl and Xshel for data solution, refinement and reporting.

If you would like to submit a sample, click here to download the form.

Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics Facility

The Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics Facility provides and maintains instrumentation for proteomics, functional protein analysis and the mass spectrometry needs of UNM investigators (and others). We provide full service sample processing on a fee basis including mass spectral analysis, protein identification and data analysis. The facility offers a variety of services including: 1) consulting services related to protein identification and characterization, 2) protein identification by PMF and MS/MS, 3) protein identification by de novo peptide sequencing, 4) phosphorylation site and other post translational modification characterization, recombinant protein characterization by mass spectrometry and 5) small molecule exact mass analysis. Please visit the web pages for our two locations: main campus and north campus.