Reduction formula for point group C3v
Characters for molecular motions
| Motion |
E |
2C3 (z) |
3 v |
| Cartesian 3N |
36 |
0 |
4 |
| Translation (x,y,z) |
3 |
0 |
1 |
| Rotation (Rx,Ry,Rz) |
3 |
0 |
-1 |
| Vibration |
30 |
0 |
4 |
Decomposition into Irreducible representations
| Motion |
A1 |
A2 |
E |
Total |
| Cartesian 3N |
8 |
4 |
12 |
24 |
| Translation (x,y,z) |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
| Rotation (Rx,Ry,Rz) |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
| Vibration |
7 |
3 |
10 |
20 |
Molecule Parameter
| Number of Atoms (N) |
12 |
| Number of internal coordinates |
30 |
| Number of independant internal coordinates |
7 |
| Number of vibrational modes |
20 |
Force field analysis
Allowed / forbidden vibronational transitions
| Operator |
A1 |
A2 |
E |
Total |
| Linear (IR) |
7 |
3 |
10 |
17 / 3 |
| Quadratic (Raman) |
7 |
3 |
10 |
17 / 3 |
| IR + Raman |
7 |
3 |
10 |
17 / 3 |
Characters of symmetric powers for vibration representation
| Force field |
Tensor
Order |
E |
2C3 (z) |
3v |
| linear |
1 |
30 |
0 |
4 |
| quadratic |
2 |
465 |
0 |
23 |
| cubic |
3 |
4.960 |
10 |
72 |
| quartic |
4 |
40.920 |
0 |
256 |
| quintic |
5 |
278.256 |
0 |
680 |
| sextic |
6 |
1.623.160 |
55 |
1.904 |
Decomposition into Irreducible representations
Number of nonvanshing force constants
| Force field |
Tensor
Order |
A1 |
A2 |
E |
| linear |
1 |
7 |
3 |
10 |
| quadratic |
2 |
89 |
66 |
155 |
| cubic |
3 |
866 |
794 |
1.650 |
| quartic |
4 |
6.948 |
6.692 |
13.640 |
| quintic |
5 |
46.716 |
46.036 |
92.752 |
| sextic |
6 |
271.497 |
269.593 |
541.035 |
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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