Reduction formula for point group D2



Characters for molecular motions
Motion E C2 (z) C2 (y) C2 (x)
Cartesian 3N 12 0 0 0
Translation (x,y,z) 3 -1 -1 -1
Rotation (Rx,Ry,Rz) 3 -1 -1 -1
Vibration 6 2 2 2



Decomposition into Irreducible representations
Motion A B1 B2 B3 Total
Cartesian 3N 3 3 3 3 12
Translation (x,y,z) 0 1 1 1 3
Rotation (Rx,Ry,Rz) 0 1 1 1 3
Vibration 3 1 1 1 6



Molecule Parameter
Number of Atoms (N) 4
Number of internal coordinates 6
Number of independant internal coordinates 3
Number of vibrational modes 6





Force field analysis


Allowed / forbidden vibronational transitions
Operator A B1 B2 B3 Total
Linear (IR) 3 1 1 1 3 / 3
Quadratic (Raman) 3 1 1 1 6 / 0
IR + Raman - 1 1 1 3 / 0



Characters of symmetric powers for vibration representation
Force field Tensor
Order
E C2 (z) C2 (y) C2 (x)
linear 1 6 2 2 2
quadratic 2 21 5 5 5
cubic 3 56 8 8 8
quartic 4 126 14 14 14
quintic 5 252 20 20 20
sextic 6 462 30 30 30


Decomposition into Irreducible representations
Number of nonvanshing force constants
Force field Tensor
Order
A B1 B2 B3
linear 1 3 1 1 1
quadratic 2 9 4 4 4
cubic 3 20 12 12 12
quartic 4 42 28 28 28
quintic 5 78 58 58 58
sextic 6 138 108 108 108


Literature




Character tables for chemically important point groups Character table for point group D2 Constructor University Bremen

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