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Inversion of pyramidal and tetrahedral molecules AX3 and AX4

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Translated from Zhurnal Strukturnoi Khimii, Vol. 26, No. 3, pp. 158–181, May–June, 1985.

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Boldyrev, A.I., Charkin, O.P. Inversion of pyramidal and tetrahedral molecules AX3 and AX4 . J Struct Chem 26, 451–475 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00749387

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