Institute of Chemical Technology Prague Launches a Student NMR Lab
Prague, Czech Republic, July 11, 2003 -
A fully operational student NMR lab has been opened at the Institute of Chemical Technology (VSCHT), Prague. The lab contains a brand new Varian 300 MHz MERCURYplus NMR Spectrometer in broadband RF system configuration that is equipped with pulse gradients and contains a 4-nucleus (1H/19F/31P/13C) probe. VSCHT chose the MERCURY system in order to provide students in the lab with ease-of-use, sophistication, and durability in one compact package.
VSCHT selected Advanced Chemistry Development, Inc., (ACD/Labs) to equip the lab with the most modern spectral data management software. ACD/NMR Manager version 7.0 has been installed on the lab's computer station, providing the lab with prediction, assignment, and databasing capabilities for 1H NMR, 13C NMR, and 19F NMR. ACD/Labs also provided VSCHT with a campus-wide installation of ACD/ChemSketch, the all-purpose chemical drawing and graphics software package from ACD/Labs.
Funding for the lab was covered by a joint financing project
between the Department of Organic Chemistry and the Department
of Chemistry of Natural Compounds, both of the Institute of Chemical
Technology Prague, along with a grant from the Ministry of Education,
Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic. Representatives from all
three institutions were present at the official opening of the
lab on June 18th, including Professor Antos, the Head
of the Department of Higher Schools Development for the Ministry
of Education, Youth and Sports; Professor
R  i ka,
President (Rector) of the Institute of Chemical Technology Prague;
Professor Labík, Professor Koubek, Professor Stan k
and Professor Ciahotný, Vice-Presidents (Vice-Rectors)
of the Institute of Chemical Technology Prague; Professor Liška,
Chair of the Department of Organic Chemistry; Professor Moravcová,
Chair of the Department of Chemistry of Natural Compounds; and
Professor Roda and Professor Velíšek, both Deans at
the Institute of Chemical Technology Prague. Also present was
Dr. Pelná
from Varian Inc.
The NMR laboratory will be used for the independent work of MS and PhD students, as well as for the laboratory exercise of undergraduate students beginning in their second year of study. The new lab will enhance student research work and the teaching process at all levels.
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