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Microwave Spectra of Molecules of Astrophysical Interest XXVI. Acetic Acid (CH3COOH)

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Author(s)

Vadim V. Ilyushin, I Kleiner, Francis J. Lovas

Abstract

The microwave spectrum of acetic acid is critically reviewed and supplemented with spectral frequency calculations derived from the rotation-torsion analysis. A simultaneous analysis of the torsional ground state, vt = 0, and first and second torsionally excited states, vt = 1 and 2, was carried out using so-called rho axis method . The primary objective of this review is to provide radio astronomers with complete spectral coverage over the 1 GHz to 400 GHz range for the ground and vt = 1 states, covering rotational quantum numbers J = 30, and |Ka| = 15.
Citation
J. Phys. & Chem. Ref. Data (JPCRD) -
Volume
37
Issue
1

Keywords

acetic acid, internal rotation, interstellar molecule, microwave spectrum, radio astronomy, rotational transitions

Citation

Ilyushin, V. , Kleiner, I. and Lovas, F. (2008), Microwave Spectra of Molecules of Astrophysical Interest XXVI. Acetic Acid (CH<sub>3</sub>COOH), J. Phys. & Chem. Ref. Data (JPCRD), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=841097 (Accessed April 18, 2024)
Created February 18, 2008, Updated October 12, 2021