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Strength is defined as the difference in potential energies between the planar and perpendicular conformations. BPEB possesses two large-amplitude torsional motions, out-of-phase 24 and in-phase 29 modes. The most stable is the planar conformation, and barrier heights at the perpendicular conformation are coincident in torsional potentials for the two modes. Torsional levels are successively observed up to 19\u00b1 and 16\u2212 quantum levels in the ground state, respectively. Strength is determined to be 293\u00a0cm\u22121 (3.51 kJmol\u22121) with an accuracy of an error range smaller than 1\u00a0cm\u22121. In the excited state, strength is estimated to be 1549 \u00b1 73\u00a0cm\u22121. Combination levels of two torsional modes are also measured up to high quantum levels. A systematic decrease in frequencies is observed with increasing the quantum number. Quantum-chemistry calculations of B3LYP, CAM-B3PLYP, WB97XD, and M062X with basis sets of aug-cc-pVDZ are performed, where B3LYP theories are carried out with the dispersion correlation. 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