Comment on "mean-field approach to the algebraic treatment of molecules: Bent molecules"

Using analytical solutions of the mean fields, it is shown that the vibron model solution far water given by Shao er al. [Phys. Rev. A 47, 2064 (1993) ] corresponds to a linear molecule. The numerical fit obtained in this pape r appears to be a runaway solution, nothing to do with the actual propertie s of water molecule.