From: Saulo Vázquez <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 19:40:39 +0100

Dear subscribers,

We would like to know what could be considered
the spin-orbit coupling of the CH3O (methoxy) radical to
estimate the electronic degeneracy for its ground state.
The literature only reports spin-orbit splitting values for
individual vibrational modes (for instance, Lee et al.
J. Chem. Phys. 99, 9465 (1993).
The question is: How do we estimate the spin orbit coupling
of the methoxy radical in its ground state (doublet E) which
we need for the electronic degeneracy? Would it be an average
of the splitting of each mode?
Any hints on how to approach this problem would be deeply
appreciated. A summary of the responses will be sent to the
list.

Many thanks in advance.
Saulo A. Vazquez
Departamento de Quimica Fisica
Universidad de Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de Compostela
Spain