Reduction formula for point group Cs
Characters for molecular motions
| Motion |
E |
 h |
| Cartesian 3N |
15 |
1 |
| Translation (x,y,z) |
3 |
1 |
| Rotation (Rx,Ry,Rz) |
3 |
-1 |
| Vibration |
9 |
1 |
Decomposition into Irreducible representations
| Motion |
A' |
A'' |
Total |
| Cartesian 3N |
8 |
7 |
15 |
| Translation (x,y,z) |
2 |
1 |
3 |
| Rotation (Rx,Ry,Rz) |
1 |
2 |
3 |
| Vibration |
5 |
4 |
9 |
Molecule Parameter
| Number of Atoms (N) |
5 |
| Number of internal coordinates |
9 |
| Number of independant internal coordinates |
5 |
| Number of vibrational modes |
9 |
Force field analysis
Allowed / forbidden vibronational transitions
| Operator |
A' |
A'' |
Total |
| Linear (IR) |
5 |
4 |
9 / 0 |
| Quadratic (Raman) |
5 |
4 |
9 / 0 |
| IR + Raman |
5 |
4 |
9 / 0 |
Characters of symmetric powers for vibration representation
| Force field |
Tensor
Order |
E |
h |
| linear |
1 |
9 |
1 |
| quadratic |
2 |
45 |
5 |
| cubic |
3 |
165 |
5 |
| quartic |
4 |
495 |
15 |
| quintic |
5 |
1.287 |
15 |
| sextic |
6 |
3.003 |
35 |
Decomposition into Irreducible representations
Number of nonvanshing force constants
| Force field |
Tensor
Order |
A' |
A'' |
| linear |
1 |
5 |
4 |
| quadratic |
2 |
25 |
20 |
| cubic |
3 |
85 |
80 |
| quartic |
4 |
255 |
240 |
| quintic |
5 |
651 |
636 |
| sextic |
6 |
1.519 |
1.484 |
Literature
- J.K.G. Watson, J. Mol. Spec. 41 229 (1972)
The Numbers of Structural Parameters and Potential Constants of Molecules
- X.F. Zhou, P. Pulay. J. Comp. Chem. 10 No. 7, 935-938 (1989)
Characters for Symmetric and Antisymmetric Higher Powers of Representations:
Application to the Number of Anharmonic Force Constants in Symmetrical Molecules
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