THE ROTATIONAL SPECTRUM OF TRANS ETHANOL (CH3CH2OH)

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1994

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Ohio State University

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The spectrum of the double internal rotor ethanol $({\nu}_{OH} = 0,1,2\ldots; {\nu}_{CH3} = 0,1,2,\ldots$ of internal rotation) has been studied in the millimeter-wave region. Approximately 200 lines have been assigned to the lowest trans state $({\nu}_{OH}(A) = 0, {\nu} \ CH3(A,E) = 0)$ and a few have been tentatively assigned to the lowest gauche states $({\nu}_{OH}(E+,E.) =0,{\nu}_{CH}(A,E) =0)$. A three-fold internal rotor analysis of the methyl rotation in the trans state will be presented including previous $data^{1}$. Formulation of a complete molecular $Hamiltonian^{2}$ and the selection rules for the ground state $({\nu}_{CH3}={\nu}_{OH}=0)$ will be discussed.

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$^{1}$ F. J. Lovas {J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data}, \textbf{11}, 251-276 (1982). $^{2}$ Rames K. Kakar and C Richard Quade, {J. Chem. Phys}., 72. 4300-4307 (1980).
Author Institution: Department of Physics, University of New Brunswick; Department of Physics, The Ohio State University; Department of Physics, University of New Brunswick

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