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The 375 meV pair should shift most fractionally, towards zero bias, because C–H stretching has strong hydrogen displacement. A reduced-mass estimate gives
so the pair would move approximately from to mV. A frozen-carbon estimate gives , or about 265 mV; the actual normal mode includes coupled motion. Whole-molecule modes change much less: the molecular mass rises only from approximately 41 to 44, giving a translational estimate .

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