PROGRAMS FOR TWO-ROTOR PROBLEMS

$^{a}$P. Groner and J. R. Durig, J. Chem. Phys. 66, 1856 (1977). $^{b}$S. Bell, P. Groner, G. A. Guirgis and J. R. Durig, J. Phys. Chem. A, 104, 514 (2000). $^{c}$P. Groner, J. Mol. Struct. 550-551, 473 (2000). $^{d}$P. Groner, J. Chem. Phys. 107, 4483 (1997). $^{e}$P. Groner, S. Albert, E. Herbst and F. C. De Lucia, Astrophys. J. 500, 1059 (1998).Author Institution: University of Missouri - Kansas CityThe simulation and fitting of spectra of molecules with two periodic large-amplitude motions (``internal rotations'') has been a challenging problem for some time. Three Fortran programs (for PC) treat different aspects of the rotation-internal motion Hamiltonian. TACIR (Two Asymmetric Coupled Internal Rotors) solves the internal motion $(J = 0)$ Hamiltonian and predicts torsional transitions for equivalent or nonequivalent internal rotors of any periodicity from internal rotation ``constants'' and potential, each defined as two-dimensional Fourier series. It is a significantly expanded version of a program described $earlier^{a}$. The coefficients of the potential and other spectroscopic constants can be adjusted by the least-squares method to fit energy differences (transition frequencies and tunneling splittings). It has been applied recently to 3-methyl-1,2-butadiene, $(CH_{3})_{2}C=C=CH_{2} ^{b}$, and acetone, $(CH_{3})_{2}C=O ^{c}$. Program ERHAM (Effective Rotational HAMiltonian) solves the effective rotation-internal motion Hamiltonian for molecules with equivalent internal $motions^{d}$. It predicts rotational transitions and intensities and fits spectroscopic constants (by least-squares) simultaneously for several but uncoupled (bound) vibrational $states^{e}$. The third program, TWOSER (TWO-dimensional fourier SERies) determines the 2-D Fourier series of the internal rotation ``constants'' used in TACIR for asymmetric internal rotors from the structural parameters of several conformations