In an article by H. J. Monkhorst in a previous issue of this journal it is stated that the predominant geometrical change during the internal rotation in ethane is a stretching of the CC bond and that the rotation barrier presumah!y originates from the central bond only. These statements appear eith
Geometrical changes during the internal rotation in ethane
β Scribed by H.J. Monkhorst
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1969
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 362 KB
- Volume
- 3
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0009-2614
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