Modeling of light internal rotors to microwave accuracy

A number of important light asymmetric rotors are also internal rotors. The (empirical) use of Watson ideas of completeness and internal rotor theory made it possible to model species such as methanol to microwave accuracy.

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References

  1. De Lucia, F. C., Herbst, E., Anderson, T. & Helminger, P. The Analysis of the Rotational Spectrum of Methanol to Microwave Accuracy. J. Mol. Spectrosc. 134, 395-411 (1989).
  2. Helminger, P., Bowman, W. C. & De Lucia, F. C. A Study of the Rotational-Torsional Spectrum of Hydrogen Peroxide Between 80 and 700 GHz. J. Mol. Spectrosc. 85, 120-130 (1981).