Reduction formula for point group C2h
Characters for molecular motions
| Motion |
E |
C2 (z) |
i |
 h |
| Cartesian 3N |
72 |
-4 |
0 |
0 |
| Translation (x,y,z) |
3 |
-1 |
-3 |
1 |
| Rotation (Rx,Ry,Rz) |
3 |
-1 |
3 |
-1 |
| Vibration |
66 |
-2 |
0 |
0 |
Decomposition into Irreducible representations
| Motion |
Ag |
Bg |
Au |
Bu |
Total |
| Cartesian 3N |
17 |
19 |
17 |
19 |
72 |
| Translation (x,y,z) |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
| Rotation (Rx,Ry,Rz) |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
| Vibration |
16 |
17 |
16 |
17 |
66 |
Molecule Parameter
| Number of Atoms (N) |
24 |
| Number of internal coordinates |
66 |
| Number of independant internal coordinates |
16 |
| Number of vibrational modes |
66 |
Force field analysis
Allowed / forbidden vibronational transitions
| Operator |
Ag |
Bg |
Au |
Bu |
Total |
| Linear (IR) |
16 |
17 |
16 |
17 |
33 / 33 |
| Quadratic (Raman) |
16 |
17 |
16 |
17 |
33 / 33 |
| 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 |
66 |
-2 |
0 |
0 |
| quadratic |
2 |
2.211 |
35 |
33 |
33 |
| cubic |
3 |
50.116 |
-68 |
0 |
0 |
| quartic |
4 |
864.501 |
629 |
561 |
561 |
| quintic |
5 |
12.103.014 |
-1.190 |
0 |
0 |
| sextic |
6 |
143.218.999 |
7.735 |
6.545 |
6.545 |
Decomposition into Irreducible representations
Number of nonvanshing force constants
| Force field |
Tensor
Order |
Ag |
Bg |
Au |
Bu |
| linear |
1 |
16 |
17 |
16 |
17 |
| quadratic |
2 |
578 |
544 |
545 |
544 |
| cubic |
3 |
12.512 |
12.546 |
12.512 |
12.546 |
| quartic |
4 |
216.563 |
215.968 |
216.002 |
215.968 |
| quintic |
5 |
3.025.456 |
3.026.051 |
3.025.456 |
3.026.051 |
| sextic |
6 |
35.809.956 |
35.802.816 |
35.803.411 |
35.802.816 |
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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