Reduction formula for point group C2h



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



Decomposition into Irreducible representations
Motion Ag Bg Au Bu Total
Cartesian 3N 4 2 2 4 12
Translation (x,y,z) 0 0 1 2 3
Rotation (Rx,Ry,Rz) 1 2 0 0 3
Vibration 3 0 1 2 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 Ag Bg Au Bu Total
Linear (IR) 3 0 1 2 3 / 3
Quadratic (Raman) 3 0 1 2 3 / 3
IR + Raman - - - - 0* / 0
* Center of inversion: Mutual Exclusion Principle



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


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


Literature




Character tables for chemically important point groups Character table for point group C2h Constructor University Bremen

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