Reduction formula for point group C2v
Characters for molecular motions
| Motion |
E |
C2 (z) |
 v(xz) |
v(yz) |
| Cartesian 3N |
36 |
-2 |
12 |
2 |
| Translation (x,y,z) |
3 |
-1 |
1 |
1 |
| Rotation (Rx,Ry,Rz) |
3 |
-1 |
-1 |
-1 |
| Vibration |
30 |
0 |
12 |
2 |
Decomposition into Irreducible representations
| Motion |
A1 |
A2 |
B1 |
B2 |
Total |
| Cartesian 3N |
12 |
5 |
12 |
7 |
36 |
| Translation (x,y,z) |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
| Rotation (Rx,Ry,Rz) |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
| Vibration |
11 |
4 |
10 |
5 |
30 |
Molecule Parameter
| Number of Atoms (N) |
12 |
| Number of internal coordinates |
30 |
| Number of independant internal coordinates |
11 |
| Number of vibrational modes |
30 |
Force field analysis
Allowed / forbidden vibronational transitions
| Operator |
A1 |
A2 |
B1 |
B2 |
Total |
| Linear (IR) |
11 |
4 |
10 |
5 |
26 / 4 |
| Quadratic (Raman) |
11 |
4 |
10 |
5 |
30 / 0 |
| IR + Raman |
11 |
- |
10 |
5 |
26 / 0 |
Characters of symmetric powers for vibration representation
| Force field |
Tensor
Order |
E |
C2 (z) |
v(xz) |
v(yz) |
| linear |
1 |
30 |
0 |
12 |
2 |
| quadratic |
2 |
465 |
15 |
87 |
17 |
| cubic |
3 |
4.960 |
0 |
472 |
32 |
| quartic |
4 |
40.920 |
120 |
2.112 |
152 |
| quintic |
5 |
278.256 |
0 |
8.184 |
272 |
| sextic |
6 |
1.623.160 |
680 |
28.336 |
952 |
Decomposition into Irreducible representations
Number of nonvanshing force constants
| Force field |
Tensor
Order |
A1 |
A2 |
B1 |
B2 |
| linear |
1 |
11 |
4 |
10 |
5 |
| quadratic |
2 |
146 |
94 |
130 |
95 |
| cubic |
3 |
1.366 |
1.114 |
1.350 |
1.130 |
| quartic |
4 |
10.826 |
9.694 |
10.690 |
9.710 |
| quintic |
5 |
71.678 |
67.450 |
71.542 |
67.586 |
| sextic |
6 |
413.282 |
398.638 |
412.466 |
398.774 |
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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