RESOURCES
Our lab is fortunate to possess a number of spectrometers (IR, UV-vis, EPR, etc.) and a range of synthetic equipment (gloveboxes, solvent purifiers, etc.). We gratefully acknowledge that much of this equipment has been passed down to us by Prof. Andrew Borovik's group. We hope to be faithful stewards of the Borovik group's tradition of rigor and excellence, and to maintain this equipment at high standard of functionality.
On this page, you will find information about our available equipment, as well as links to book time to use several of these devices. Below are some guidelines:
Training:
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You may already be an established user; if this is the case, email Rex to gain calendar edit access.
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If you are a new user, email Rex to request training; you will be connected with the group "superuser" for onboarding.
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Your group may be asked to replenish consumables (gas, solvent, etc.) if it is justified by your usage. Otherwise, we are happy to share our resources to aid in your scientific pursuits.
Authorship:
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If a researcher in the Handford lab has made a meaningful scientific contribution to your work (beyond the scope of normal equipment training and troubleshooting; data processing, simulation, interpretation, and technique development are "meaningful"), it is politely requested that that researcher is included in publications resulting from that work.
Bookable Equipment
General Equipment
Vigor Glovebox 1 (Peter)
Double glovebox with dinitrogen atmosphere, – 35 °C freezer, cold well, vacuum line, and gas addition manifold for general synthesis.
Vigor Glovebox 2 (Don)
Double glovebox with dinitrogen atmosphere, – 35 °C freezer, cold well, vacuum line, and gas addition manifold for general synthesis. This time with occupants pictured!
Vigor Glovebox 3 (Ted)
Double glovebox with dinitrogen atmosphere, – 35 °C freezer, cold well, vacuum line, and gas addition manifold for general synthesis.
Solvent purification system (SPS-1)
SPS with alumina-filled columns maintained under an argon atmosphere. Available solvents are: THF, ether, acetonitrile, DMF, DMA, DCM, and pentane.
Solvent purification system (SPS-2)
Auxiliary SPS with alumina-filled columns maintained under an argon atmosphere. Available solvents are: toluene, benzene, and 1,2-difluorobenzene.
Storage glovebox
Single-station glovebox with dinitrogen atmosphere. Used to store bulk chemicals and legacy samples.
Gas addition manifolds
Each double glovebox is equipped with a gas addition manifold. Quick-connect fittings allow for different gases to be rapidly introduced into a collection bulb housed within the glovebox. A three way switch allows for the user to cycle the system between vacuum and gas.
Schlenk lines
Each fume hood is equipped with a double-manifold Schlenk line, complete with thermocouple vacuum gauge. Vacuum is provided by Welch 1400 rotary vane pumps, and inert gas (nitrogen) is supplied by a lab-wide manifold.
Poinsettia
I thought that this plant would die not long after Christmas. As of the time of writing, it has lived seven months; the plant is actually a perennial. Who knew!
Implication: a slaughter of poinsettias happens every year.