Conformations of trimethoxymethane: Matrix isolation infrared and ab initio studies

Journal of Molecular Structure

Volumn 973, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 89-95

  Venkatesan, V ^a   Viswanathan, K S ^a  

^a INDIRA GANDHI CENTRE FOR ATOMIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Ab initio computation; Conformations; Infrared spectroscopy; Matrix isolation; Trimethoxymethane

Indexed keywords

AB INITIO COMPUTATION; AB INITIO COMPUTATIONS; AB INITIO STUDY; AR-MATRIX; BASIS SETS; ENERGY CONFORMERS; FREQUENCY CALCULATIONS; GROUND STATE GEOMETRY; GROUND-STATE STRUCTURES; INFRARED SPECTRUM; INTERCONVERSIONS; MATRIX ISOLATION; MATRIX ISOLATION INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; POTENTIAL SURFACES;

GROUND STATE; MATRIX ALGEBRA;

INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 77954212979     PISSN: 00222860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2010.03.045     Document Type: Article

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