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In the previous chapters we dealt with the characterization of ground-state molecules. The examples presented amply demonstrated that the structures of these molecules can now be routinely determined to a high accuracy with the help of quantum chemistry. In many cases, we can evaluate the quality of the calculated results by comparing them with experimental data.
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Veszprémi, T., Fehér, M. (1999). Chemical Reactions. In: Quantum Chemistry. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-4189-9_14
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