Results for Point Group D8h



Characters of representations for molecular motions
Motion E 2C8 2C4 2(C8)3 C2 4C'2 4C''2 i 2(S8)3 2S4 2S8 σh v d
Cartesian 3N 48 0.000 0 -0.000 0 -4 0 0 -0.000 0 0.000 16 4 0
Translation (x,y,z) 3 2.414 1 -0.414 -1 -1 -1 -3 -2.414 -1 0.414 1 1 1
Rotation (Rx,Ry,Rz) 3 2.414 1 -0.414 -1 -1 -1 3 2.414 1 -0.414 -1 -1 -1
Vibration 42 -4.828 -2 0.828 2 -2 2 0 -0.000 0 -0.000 16 4 0


Decomposition to irreducible representations
Motion A1g A2g B1g B2g E1g E2g E3g A1u A2u B1u B2u E1u E2u E3u Total
Cartesian 3N 2 2 2 2 2 4 2 0 2 0 2 4 2 4 30
Translation (x,y,z) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
Rotation (Rx,Ry,Rz) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Vibration 2 1 2 2 1 4 2 0 1 0 2 3 2 4 26



Molecular parameter
Number of Atoms (N) 16
Number of internal coordinates 42
Number of independant internal coordinates 2
Number of vibrational modes 26


Force field analysis


Allowed / forbidden vibronational transitions
Operator A1g A2g B1g B2g E1g E2g E3g A1u A2u B1u B2u E1u E2u E3u Total
Linear (IR) 2 1 2 2 1 4 2 0 1 0 2 3 2 4 4 / 22
Quadratic (Raman) 2 1 2 2 1 4 2 0 1 0 2 3 2 4 7 / 19
IR + Raman - - - - 1 2 2 - - - - - - - - 2 0 - - - - 0 2 - - - - 2 4 0* / 15
* Parity Mutual Exclusion Principle


Characters of force fields
(Symmetric powers of vibration representation)
Force field E 2C8 2C4 2(C8)3 C2 4C'2 4C''2 i 2(S8)3 2S4 2S8 σh v d
linear 42 -4.828 -2 0.828 2 -2 2 0 -0.000 0 -0.000 16 4 0
quadratic 903 10.657 3 -0.657 23 23 23 21 -1.000 1 -1.000 149 29 21
cubic 13.244 -13.657 -4 -2.343 44 -44 44 0 0.000 0 0.000 1.024 96 0
quartic 148.995 10.657 15 -0.657 275 275 275 231 1.000 11 1.000 5.735 415 231
quintic 1.370.754 -4.828 -26 0.828 506 -506 506 0 -0.000 0 -0.000 27.568 1.196 0
sextic 10.737.573 1.000 37 1.000 2.277 2.277 2.277 1.771 -1.000 11 -1.000 117.483 3.979 1.771


Decomposition to irreducible representations
Column with number of nonvanshing force constants highlighted
Force field A1g A2g B1g B2g E1g E2g E3g A1u A2u B1u B2u E1u E2u E3u
linear 2 1 2 2 1 4 2 0 1 0 2 3 2 4
quadratic 47 23 35 33 48 68 46 24 25 22 24 64 47 62
cubic 458 434 449 447 760 895 762 370 394 361 407 888 767 890
quartic 5.003 4.704 4.875 4.829 8.952 9.699 8.950 4.467 4.491 4.455 4.501 9.640 8.956 9.638
quintic 43.861 43.562 43.735 43.689 83.917 87.430 83.918 41.839 42.138 41.713 42.265 87.363 83.984 87.364
sextic 340.638 338.062 339.626 339.074 663.724 678.688 663.724 331.746 332.045 331.619 332.171 678.188 663.784 678.188


Further Reading



Contributions to nonvanishing force field constants


pos(X) : Position of irreducible representation (irrep) X in character table of D8h

Subtotal: <Number of nonvanishing force constants in subsection> / <number of nonzero irrep combinations in subsection> / <number of irrep combinations in subsection>
Total: <Number of nonvanishing force constants in force field> / <number of nonzero irrep combinations in force field> / <number of irrep combinations in force field>


Contributions to nonvanishing quadratic force field constants
Irrep combinations (i,i) with indices: pos(A1g) ≤ i ≤ pos(E3u)
..3. A1gA1g...1. A2gA2g...3. B1gB1g...3. B2gB2g...1. E1gE1g...10. E2gE2g...3. E3gE3g...1. A2uA2u...3. B2uB2u...6. E1uE1u.
..3. E2uE2u...10. E3uE3u.
Subtotal: 47 / 12 / 14
Irrep combinations (i,j) with indices: pos(A1g) ≤ i ≤ j ≤ pos(E3u)
Subtotal: 0 / 0 / 91
Total: 47 / 12 / 105


Contributions to nonvanishing cubic force field constants
Irrep combinations (i,i,i) with indices: pos(A1g) ≤ i ≤ pos(E3u)
..4. A1gA1gA1g.
Subtotal: 4 / 1 / 14
Irrep combinations (i,i,j) (i,j,j) with indices: pos(A1g) ≤ i ≤ j ≤ pos(E3u)
..4. E1gE1gE2g...2. A1gA2gA2g...6. A1gB1gB1g...6. A1gB2gB2g...2. A1gE1gE1g...20. A1gE2gE2g...6. A1gE3gE3g...2. A1gA2uA2u...6. A1gB2uB2u...12. A1gE1uE1u.
..6. A1gE2uE2u...20. A1gE3uE3u...6. A2gE2gE2g...1. A2gE3gE3g...3. A2gE1uE1u...1. A2gE2uE2u...6. A2gE3uE3u...20. B1gE2gE2g...6. B1gE2uE2u...20. B2gE2gE2g.
..6. B2gE2uE2u...12. E2gE3gE3g...24. E2gE1uE1u...40. E2gE3uE3u.
Subtotal: 237 / 24 / 182
Irrep combinations (i,j,k) with indices: pos(A1g) ≤ i ≤ j ≤ k ≤ pos(E3u)
..4. A2gB1gB2g...4. B1gE1gE3g...4. B1gA2uB2u...24. B1gE1uE3u...4. B2gE1gE3g...24. B2gE1uE3u...8. E1gE2gE3g...3. E1gA2uE1u...8. E1gB2uE3u...6. E1gE1uE2u.
..8. E1gE2uE3u...8. E2gA2uE2u...16. E2gB2uE2u...48. E2gE1uE3u...8. E3gA2uE3u...12. E3gB2uE1u...12. E3gE1uE2u...16. E3gE2uE3u.
Subtotal: 217 / 18 / 364
Total: 458 / 43 / 560


Contributions to nonvanishing quartic force field constants
Irrep combinations (i,i,i,i) with indices: pos(A1g) ≤ i ≤ pos(E3u)
..5. A1gA1gA1gA1g...1. A2gA2gA2gA2g...5. B1gB1gB1gB1g...5. B2gB2gB2gB2g...1. E1gE1gE1gE1g...90. E2gE2gE2gE2g...6. E3gE3gE3gE3g...1. A2uA2uA2uA2u...5. B2uB2uB2uB2u...21. E1uE1uE1uE1u.
..11. E2uE2uE2uE2u...55. E3uE3uE3uE3u.
Subtotal: 206 / 12 / 14
Irrep combinations (i,i,i,j) (i,j,j,j) with indices: pos(A1g) ≤ i ≤ j ≤ pos(E3u)
..2. E1gE1gE1gE3g...40. E1uE1uE1uE3u...4. E1gE3gE3gE3g...60. E1uE3uE3uE3u.
Subtotal: 106 / 4 / 182
Irrep combinations (i,i,j,j) with indices: pos(A1g) ≤ i ≤ j ≤ pos(E3u)
..3. A1gA1gA2gA2g...9. A1gA1gB1gB1g...9. A1gA1gB2gB2g...3. A1gA1gE1gE1g...30. A1gA1gE2gE2g...9. A1gA1gE3gE3g...3. A1gA1gA2uA2u...9. A1gA1gB2uB2u...18. A1gA1gE1uE1u...9. A1gA1gE2uE2u.
..30. A1gA1gE3uE3u...3. A2gA2gB1gB1g...3. A2gA2gB2gB2g...1. A2gA2gE1gE1g...10. A2gA2gE2gE2g...3. A2gA2gE3gE3g...1. A2gA2gA2uA2u...3. A2gA2gB2uB2u...6. A2gA2gE1uE1u...3. A2gA2gE2uE2u.
..10. A2gA2gE3uE3u...9. B1gB1gB2gB2g...3. B1gB1gE1gE1g...30. B1gB1gE2gE2g...9. B1gB1gE3gE3g...3. B1gB1gA2uA2u...9. B1gB1gB2uB2u...18. B1gB1gE1uE1u...9. B1gB1gE2uE2u...30. B1gB1gE3uE3u.
..3. B2gB2gE1gE1g...30. B2gB2gE2gE2g...9. B2gB2gE3gE3g...3. B2gB2gA2uA2u...9. B2gB2gB2uB2u...18. B2gB2gE1uE1u...9. B2gB2gE2uE2u...30. B2gB2gE3uE3u...10. E1gE1gE2gE2g...6. E1gE1gE3gE3g.
..1. E1gE1gA2uA2u...3. E1gE1gB2uB2u...12. E1gE1gE1uE1u...3. E1gE1gE2uE2u...20. E1gE1gE3uE3u...36. E2gE2gE3gE3g...10. E2gE2gA2uA2u...30. E2gE2gB2uB2u...78. E2gE2gE1uE1u...96. E2gE2gE2uE2u.
..136. E2gE2gE3uE3u...3. E3gE3gA2uA2u...9. E3gE3gB2uB2u...39. E3gE3gE1uE1u...10. E3gE3gE2uE2u...66. E3gE3gE3uE3u...3. A2uA2uB2uB2u...6. A2uA2uE1uE1u...3. A2uA2uE2uE2u...10. A2uA2uE3uE3u.
..18. B2uB2uE1uE1u...9. B2uB2uE2uE2u...30. B2uB2uE3uE3u...21. E1uE1uE2uE2u...138. E1uE1uE3uE3u...36. E2uE2uE3uE3u.
Subtotal: 1.248 / 66 / 91
Irrep combinations (i,i,j,k) (i,j,j,k) (i,j,k,k) with indices: pos(A1g) ≤ i ≤ j ≤ k ≤ pos(E3u)
..2. E1gE1gA2uE2u...4. E1gE1gB2uE2u...12. E1gE1gE1uE3u...20. E2gE2gA2uB2u...240. E2gE2gE1uE3u...6. E3gE3gA2uE2u...12. E3gE3gB2uE2u...36. E3gE3gE1uE3u...8. A1gE1gE1gE2g...4. A2gE1gE1gE2g.
..8. B1gE1gE1gE2g...8. B2gE1gE1gE2g...40. E1gE2gE2gE3g...12. A2uE1uE1uE2u...24. B2uE1uE1uE2u...72. E1uE2uE2uE3u...12. A1gA2gE2gE2g...2. A1gA2gE3gE3g...6. A1gA2gE1uE1u...2. A1gA2gE2uE2u.
..12. A1gA2gE3uE3u...40. A1gB1gE2gE2g...12. A1gB1gE2uE2u...40. A1gB2gE2gE2g...12. A1gB2gE2uE2u...24. A1gE2gE3gE3g...48. A1gE2gE1uE1u...80. A1gE2gE3uE3u...20. A2gB1gE2gE2g...6. A2gB1gE2uE2u.
..20. A2gB2gE2gE2g...6. A2gB2gE2uE2u...12. A2gE2gE3gE3g...24. A2gE2gE1uE1u...40. A2gE2gE3uE3u...24. B1gB2gE2gE2g...4. B1gB2gE3gE3g...12. B1gB2gE1uE1u...4. B1gB2gE2uE2u...24. B1gB2gE3uE3u.
..24. B1gE2gE3gE3g...48. B1gE2gE1uE1u...80. B1gE2gE3uE3u...24. B2gE2gE3gE3g...48. B2gE2gE1uE1u...80. B2gE2gE3uE3u...12. E1gE3gE1uE1u...12. E1gE3gE2uE2u...20. E1gE3gE3uE3u...6. A2uB2uE2uE2u.
..20. A2uE2uE3uE3u...40. B2uE2uE3uE3u.
Subtotal: 1.408 / 52 / 1.092
Irrep combinations (i,j,k,l) with indices: pos(A1g) ≤ i ≤ j ≤ k ≤ l ≤ pos(E3u)
..8. A1gA2gB1gB2g...8. A1gB1gE1gE3g...8. A1gB1gA2uB2u...48. A1gB1gE1uE3u...8. A1gB2gE1gE3g...48. A1gB2gE1uE3u...16. A1gE1gE2gE3g...6. A1gE1gA2uE1u...16. A1gE1gB2uE3u...12. A1gE1gE1uE2u.
..16. A1gE1gE2uE3u...16. A1gE2gA2uE2u...32. A1gE2gB2uE2u...96. A1gE2gE1uE3u...16. A1gE3gA2uE3u...24. A1gE3gB2uE1u...24. A1gE3gE1uE2u...32. A1gE3gE2uE3u...4. A2gB1gE1gE3g...24. A2gB1gE1uE3u.
..4. A2gB2gE1gE3g...4. A2gB2gA2uB2u...24. A2gB2gE1uE3u...8. A2gE1gE2gE3g...3. A2gE1gA2uE1u...8. A2gE1gB2uE3u...6. A2gE1gE1uE2u...8. A2gE1gE2uE3u...8. A2gE2gA2uE2u...16. A2gE2gB2uE2u.
..48. A2gE2gE1uE3u...8. A2gE3gA2uE3u...12. A2gE3gB2uE1u...12. A2gE3gE1uE2u...16. A2gE3gE2uE3u...16. B1gE1gE2gE3g...8. B1gE1gA2uE3u...12. B1gE1gB2uE1u...12. B1gE1gE1uE2u...16. B1gE1gE2uE3u.
..16. B1gE2gA2uE2u...32. B1gE2gB2uE2u...96. B1gE2gE1uE3u...12. B1gE3gA2uE1u...32. B1gE3gB2uE3u...24. B1gE3gE1uE2u...32. B1gE3gE2uE3u...16. B2gE1gE2gE3g...8. B2gE1gA2uE3u...12. B2gE1gB2uE1u.
..12. B2gE1gE1uE2u...16. B2gE1gE2uE3u...16. B2gE2gA2uE2u...32. B2gE2gB2uE2u...96. B2gE2gE1uE3u...12. B2gE3gA2uE1u...32. B2gE3gB2uE3u...24. B2gE3gE1uE2u...32. B2gE3gE2uE3u...12. E1gE2gA2uE1u.
..16. E1gE2gA2uE3u...24. E1gE2gB2uE1u...32. E1gE2gB2uE3u...48. E1gE2gE1uE2u...64. E1gE2gE2uE3u...4. E1gE3gA2uB2u...4. E1gE3gA2uE2u...8. E1gE3gB2uE2u...72. E1gE3gE1uE3u...24. E2gE3gA2uE1u.
..32. E2gE3gA2uE3u...48. E2gE3gB2uE1u...64. E2gE3gB2uE3u...96. E2gE3gE1uE2u...128. E2gE3gE2uE3u...24. A2uB2uE1uE3u...24. A2uE1uE2uE3u...48. B2uE1uE2uE3u.
Subtotal: 2.035 / 78 / 1.001
Total: 5.003 / 212 / 2.380


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