Electronic transitions of gaseous molecules will show both vibrational and rotational fine structure.
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The infrared spectrum of hydrogen chloride gas shows rotational fine structure superimposed on the vibrational spectrum.
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Vibrational bands have rotational fine structure.
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The bands at shorter wavelength are overtones and combination bands, all of which show rotational fine structure.
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The distorted configurations sampled impart their geometrical parameters on, for example, the rotational fine structure in a spectrum.
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Each electronic transition may show vibrational coarse structure, and for molecules in the gas phase, rotational fine structure.
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The symmetric and asymmetric stretching vibrations are close to each other, so the rotational fine structures of these bands overlap.
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There is no rotational fine structure, but the absorption band are broader than might be expected, because of hydrogen bonding.
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The band around 6.3 ?m ( 1590 cm " 1 ) is due to the HOH bending vibration; the considerable breadth of this band is due to the presence of extensive rotational fine structure.