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Design and Synthesis of
Biologically Active Molecules
  This center has vast and long-standing experience in the syntheses and structural analyses of a wide range of chemicals. Complex chemical syntheses are now achieved by recently introduced innovative technologies, such as combinatorial chemistry, and are monitored by solid state NMR techniques.

These techniques and analytical tools are routinely employed for elucidation of reaction mechanism, development of novel reaction pathways, as well as for structure-activity relationship studies which are complemented by toxicological and pharmacological evaluation in other departments of IIBR.
 
 

Robotic liquid handler for automated analyses
 
  The main R&D activities include:  
  Evaluation of existing and novel decontamination solutions:  
 
  • Detecting minute quantities of organic compounds utilizing a variety of analytical methods, including NMR, solid state NMR, GC-MS and enzyme inhibition
  • Employing various dispersion methods for increasing efficacy of decontamination solutions, such as liquid, aerosol, fog and foam states
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      Design and synthesis of combinatorial libraries for screening of biologically active compounds and environmental impurities:  
     
  • Libraries of compounds are produced using solution or solid-phase chemistry by the parallel synthetic approach
  • Isolation, purification and characterization strategies, have been developed specifically for these types of syntheses
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      Implementation of modern solution and solid state NMR techniques for structure elucidation and environmental fate of various compounds.
    These include:
     
     
  • Measurements of X nuclei such as 31P, 19F, 13C, 15N
  • High Resolution Magic Angle Spinning (HR-MAS)
  • 2D techniques such as COSY, TOCSY, C-H and P-H correlation
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    State-of-the-art NMR instrumentation
     
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