Reduction formula for point group C2v



Characters for molecular motions
Motion E C2 (z) v(xz) v(yz)
Cartesian 3N 12 -2 4 2
Translation (x,y,z) 3 -1 1 1
Rotation (Rx,Ry,Rz) 3 -1 -1 -1
Vibration 6 0 4 2



Decomposition into Irreducible representations
Motion A1 A2 B1 B2 Total
Cartesian 3N 4 1 4 3 12
Translation (x,y,z) 1 0 1 1 3
Rotation (Rx,Ry,Rz) 0 1 1 1 3
Vibration 3 0 2 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 A1 A2 B1 B2 Total
Linear (IR) 3 0 2 1 6 / 0
Quadratic (Raman) 3 0 2 1 6 / 0
IR + Raman 3 - 2 1 6 / 0



Characters of symmetric powers for vibration representation
Force field Tensor
Order
E C2 (z) v(xz) v(yz)
linear 1 6 0 4 2
quadratic 2 21 3 11 5
cubic 3 56 0 24 8
quartic 4 126 6 46 14
quintic 5 252 0 80 20
sextic 6 462 10 130 30


Decomposition into Irreducible representations
Number of nonvanshing force constants
Force field Tensor
Order
A1 A2 B1 B2
linear 1 3 0 2 1
quadratic 2 10 2 6 3
cubic 3 22 6 18 10
quartic 4 48 18 38 22
quintic 5 88 38 78 48
sextic 6 158 78 138 88


Literature




Character tables for chemically important point groups Character table for point group C2v Constructor University Bremen

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