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ANALYSIS OF THE OH STRETCH OF METHANOL
Author Institution: Department of Physics, Florida State University Tallahassee; Randall Laboratory of Physics, University of Michigan Ann ArborThe OH stretch of methanol has been measured from 3430 to . This extension of our previous has allowed a more extensive investigation of the spectrum for transitions involving higher torsional levels. By means of combination differences calculated using the normal state parameters of Kwan and , several transitions have now been identified. A nonlinear least squares fit of these data indicates roughly a increase in the barrier height in the excited state. The identification of additional transitions is expected to permit a more accurate and more complete determination of the molecular parameters in the excited state. R. H. Hunt, R. G. Lee, E. K. Plyler, and D. M. Dennison, 25th Symposium on Molecular Structure and Spectroscopy (1970). Y. Y. Kwan and D. M. Dennison, J. Mol. Spectrosc. 43, 291 (1972). We are indebted to Miss Y. Y. Kwan for supplying us tables of the ground state energy levels
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