The structure and low-barrier methyl torsion of 3-fluorotoluene

K P Rajappan Nair1, Sven Herbers2, Ha Vinh Lam Nguyen3

  • 1Institut für Physikalische Chemie und Elektrochemie, Gottfried-Wilhelm-Leibniz-Universität Hannover, Callinstraße 3A, 30167 Hannover, Germany; Department of Atomic and Molecular Physics, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal 576104, India.

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