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Are strong peaks Laporte forbidden
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Laporte selection rule states that transitions between states of the same parity (both even or both odd) are forbidden. Strong peaks in spectroscopy often correspond to allowed transitions, which means they follow the Laporte rule. So, strong peaks are typically not Laporte forbidden.
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