Analysis of Rotational Transitions of Methyl Formate in the Ground and First Excited Torsional States.docVIP

Molecules 2003, 8, 139–145 molecules ISSN 1420-3049 Analysis of Rotational Transitions of Methyl Formate in the Ground and First Excited Torsional States Hitoshi Odashima*, Kazumi Ogata, Kojiro Takagi and Shozo Tsunekawa Department of Physics, Toyama University, 3190 Gofuku, Toyama 930-8555, Japan * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; e-mail: hoda@sci.toyama-u.ac.jp Abstract: The microwave spectrum of methyl formate has been observed in the 7- 200 GHz region, and new 437 lines have been assigned to the first excited A torsional substate. Both excited state lines and