Structural and Molecular Analysis (ASM)

PFTPLUS

500MHz NMR Spectrometer   300MHz NMR Spectrometer   HPLC   HRMS spectrometer   X-ray diffractometer

Technical and scientific expertise

  • Structural characterisation
  • Establishment of methodologies
  • Feasibility tests
  • Analysis and interpretation

Main equipment

  • Chromatography (HPLC/GC)
  • Mass spectrometry (MS)
  • NMR (liquid)
  • X-ray diffraction (single crystal/powder)

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Applications

  • Separation of chemical compounds from a mixture
  • Development of new analytical methods
  • Analysis of organic compounds, complexes, metabolites, peptides, etc.
  • Quantitative determination by MS and MS-MS
  • Structural characterisation of organic, inorganic and organometallic molecules as well as macromolecular systems or mixtures of molecules in solution
  • Understanding reaction mechanisms
  • Study of dynamic phenomena such as chemical exchange or association of molecules
  • Determination of the structure of single crystals and chemical compounds (organic and inorganic molecules, macromolecular complexes, etc.)

Services available to

  • UCLouvain students and researchers
  • Non-UCLouvain parties

 

 

News

Characterization of molecules from small to large...

Mass spectrometry analysis is a powerful technique used to identify chemical compounds and determine their molecular structure by measuring the mass-to-charge ratio (m/z) of their ions. This...

ASM: RMN supported by the Plan de Relance!

Among the analytical tools currently available, NMR is undoubtedly one of the most widely used to detect, identify and quantify a wide range of organic and inorganic molecules, polymers as well as...

ASM acquires a new NMR (Nuclear Magnetic Resonance)...

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) is one of the most widely used analytical techniques to detect, identify and quantify a large number of organic and inorganic molecules, polymers as well as...