Reduction formula for point group S4
Characters for molecular motions
| Motion |
E |
S4 |
C2 |
(S4)3 |
| Cartesian 3N |
48 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Translation (x,y,z) |
3 |
-1 |
-1 |
-1 |
| Rotation (Rx,Ry,Rz) |
3 |
1 |
-1 |
1 |
| Vibration |
42 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
Decomposition into Irreducible representations
| Motion |
A |
B |
E |
Total |
| Cartesian 3N |
12 |
12 |
12 |
36 |
| Translation (x,y,z) |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
| Rotation (Rx,Ry,Rz) |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
| Vibration |
11 |
11 |
10 |
32 |
Molecule Parameter
| Number of Atoms (N) |
16 |
| Number of internal coordinates |
42 |
| Number of independant internal coordinates |
11 |
| Number of vibrational modes |
32 |
Force field analysis
Allowed / forbidden vibronational transitions
| Operator |
A |
B |
E |
Total |
| Linear (IR) |
11 |
11 |
10 |
21 / 11 |
| Quadratic (Raman) |
11 |
11 |
10 |
32 / 0 |
| IR + Raman |
- |
11 |
10 |
21 / 0 |
Characters of symmetric powers for vibration representation
| Force field |
Tensor
Order |
E |
S4 |
C2 |
(S4)3 |
| linear |
1 |
42 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
| quadratic |
2 |
903 |
1 |
23 |
1 |
| cubic |
3 |
13.244 |
0 |
44 |
0 |
| quartic |
4 |
148.995 |
11 |
275 |
11 |
| quintic |
5 |
1.370.754 |
0 |
506 |
0 |
| sextic |
6 |
10.737.573 |
11 |
2.277 |
11 |
Decomposition into Irreducible representations
Number of nonvanshing force constants
| Force field |
Tensor
Order |
A |
B |
E |
| linear |
1 |
11 |
11 |
10 |
| quadratic |
2 |
232 |
231 |
220 |
| cubic |
3 |
3.322 |
3.322 |
3.300 |
| quartic |
4 |
37.323 |
37.312 |
37.180 |
| quintic |
5 |
342.815 |
342.815 |
342.562 |
| sextic |
6 |
2.684.968 |
2.684.957 |
2.683.824 |
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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