Reduction formula for point group D2d

Reduction formula for point group D_2d

**Characters for molecular motions**
Motion	E	2S₄	C₂ (z)	2C'₂	2_d
Cartesian 3N	24	0	0	-4	0
Translation (x,y,z)	3	-1	-1	-1	1
Rotation (R_x,R_y,R_z)	3	1	-1	-1	-1
Vibration	18	0	2	-2	0

**Decomposition into Irreducible representations**
Motion	A₁	A₂	B₁	B₂	E	Total
Cartesian 3N	2	4	2	4	6	18
Translation (x,y,z)	0	0	0	1	1	2
Rotation (R_x,R_y,R_z)	0	1	0	0	1	2
Vibration	2	3	2	3	4	14

**Molecule Parameter**
Number of Atoms (N)	8
Number of internal coordinates	18
Number of independant internal coordinates	2
Number of vibrational modes	14

Force field analysis

**Allowed / forbidden vibronational transitions**
Operator	A₁	A₂	B₁	B₂	E	Total
Linear (IR)	2	3	2	3	4	7 / 7
Quadratic (Raman)	2	3	2	3	4	11 / 3
IR + Raman	-	3	-	3	4	7 / 3

**Characters of symmetric powers for vibration representation**
Force field	Tensor Order	E	2S₄	C₂ (z)	2C'₂	2_d
linear	1	18	0	2	-2	0
quadratic	2	171	1	11	11	9
cubic	3	1.140	0	20	-20	0
quartic	4	5.985	5	65	65	45
quintic	5	26.334	0	110	-110	0
sextic	6	100.947	5	275	275	165

Decomposition into Irreducible representations
Number of nonvanshing force constants
Force field	Tensor Order	A₁	A₂	B₁	B₂	E
linear	1	2	3	2	3	4
quadratic	2	28	18	23	22	40
cubic	3	140	150	140	150	280
quartic	4	785	730	760	750	1.480
quintic	5	3.278	3.333	3.278	3.333	6.556
sextic	6	12.764	12.544	12.679	12.624	25.168

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

Character tables for chemically important point groups

Character table for point group D2d

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