Two equivalent methyl internal rotations in 2,5-dimethylthiophene investigated by microwave spectroscopy

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The microwave spectrum of 2,5-dimethylthiophene, a sulfur-containing five-membered ring with two conjugated double bonds, was recorded in the frequency range from 2 to 40 GHz using molecular beam Fourier transform technique. Highly accurate molecular parameters were determined. A labeling scheme for the group G36 written as the semi-direct product (C(I)(3) × C(I)(3)) ⋊ C(2v) was introduced.