Electron Diffraction Studies on Stereochemically Non-rigid Molecules

Electron diffraction data for the structures and potential energy functions of molecules with a certain type of intramolecular motion – high-amplitude motion – are analysed in detail and the fundamental characteristics of such motion and the conditions for its experimental observation are formulated. Important structural-chemical consequences of high-amplitude motion and the urgent need for a comprehensive investigation of stereochemically non-rigid molecules are demonstrated.
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