Aa. Ischenko et al., GAS-PHASE ELECTRON-DIFFRACTION INVESTIGATION OF VIBRONICALLY ACTIVE MOLECULES - RHENIUM HEXAFLUORIDE, Journal of molecular structure, 298, 1993, pp. 103-111
A method for obtaining general equations for scattered intensities for
vibronic (Jahn-Teller) systems based on cumulant expansion of the mol
ecular intensity is given. The formulae obtained are used to calculate
the effects on the electron diffraction pattern for molecules with a
four-fold degenerate electronic G3/2 term interaction with e-and t2-ty
pes of vibrations (G3/2 x (e + t2) type of problem). The results are a
pplied to the investigation of the Jahn-Teller effect in the ReF6 mole
cule.