Reduction formula for point group Cs
Characters for molecular motions
| Motion |
E |
 h |
| Cartesian 3N |
15 |
5 |
| Translation (x,y,z) |
3 |
1 |
| Rotation (Rx,Ry,Rz) |
3 |
-1 |
| Vibration |
9 |
5 |
Decomposition into Irreducible representations
| Motion |
A' |
A'' |
Total |
| Cartesian 3N |
10 |
5 |
15 |
| Translation (x,y,z) |
2 |
1 |
3 |
| Rotation (Rx,Ry,Rz) |
1 |
2 |
3 |
| Vibration |
7 |
2 |
9 |
Molecule Parameter
| Number of Atoms (N) |
5 |
| Number of internal coordinates |
9 |
| Number of independant internal coordinates |
7 |
| Number of vibrational modes |
9 |
Force field analysis
Allowed / forbidden vibronational transitions
| Operator |
A' |
A'' |
Total |
| Linear (IR) |
7 |
2 |
9 / 0 |
| Quadratic (Raman) |
7 |
2 |
9 / 0 |
| IR + Raman |
7 |
2 |
9 / 0 |
Characters of symmetric powers for vibration representation
| Force field |
Tensor
Order |
E |
h |
| linear |
1 |
9 |
5 |
| quadratic |
2 |
45 |
17 |
| cubic |
3 |
165 |
45 |
| quartic |
4 |
495 |
103 |
| quintic |
5 |
1.287 |
211 |
| sextic |
6 |
3.003 |
399 |
Decomposition into Irreducible representations
Number of nonvanshing force constants
| Force field |
Tensor
Order |
A' |
A'' |
| linear |
1 |
7 |
2 |
| quadratic |
2 |
31 |
14 |
| cubic |
3 |
105 |
60 |
| quartic |
4 |
299 |
196 |
| quintic |
5 |
749 |
538 |
| sextic |
6 |
1.701 |
1.302 |
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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