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The basic building blocks of molecules are nuclei and electrons; however, since they dissociate into atoms if energy is supplied, it seems reasonable to regard them as bound states of atoms. The determination of the energy levels and even the ground states of molecules is considerably more complicated than in the case of atoms. The electrons move in an attractive, non-rotationally symmetric potential generated by the nuclei. One should also think about to what extent the motion of the nucleus should be taken into account.
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Schwabl, F. (1992). Molecules. In: Quantum Mechanics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-02703-5_15
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