Abstract
Inversion splittings of the nv 2 vibrational levels in PH3 and PD3 have been calculated using a theoretical model developed by us for molecular inversion in XY3 pyramidal molecules and the slightly modified results of an ab initio SCF-LCAO-MO calculation of the double minimum potential function for PH3 by Lehn and Munsch. Inversion splittings have been predicted also for the chemical compound PMu3, where Mu is muonium.