Calculations using the theory of the pressure‐induced Q branch in the 1Σ polar molecules proposed in an earlier article are brought up to date in view of the recent developments. Experiments are suggested which may give the values of the molecular quadrupole moment and its first derivative, evaluated at equilibrium internuclear distance, with c.m. of the molecule as origin.

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