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The possibility of defining the nonrigid motions of a molecule by improper elements of its point group is considered. The proposed method is presented for the example of the inversional motion of the methane molecule CH4 in its ground electronic state.
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Original Russian Text © A.V. Burenin, 2015, published in Optika i Spektroskopiya, 2015, Vol. 118, No. 5, pp. 707–712.
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Burenin, A.V. On the definition of nonrigid motions of a molecule by improper elements of its point group. Opt. Spectrosc. 118, 675–680 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0030400X15050069
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