Structurally mixed molecular eigenstates of 2-fluoroethanol resulting from conformational isomerization

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 107, Issue 19, 1997, Pages 8189-8192

  Hudspeth, Evan ^a   McWhorter, David A ^a   Pate, Brooks H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

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EID: 0001349486     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.475119     Document Type: Article

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