Character table for point group D5d

Character table for point group D_5d

(x axis coincident with C'₂ axis)

D_5d	E	2C₅	2(C₅)²	5C'₂	i	2(S₁₀)³	2S₁₀	5_d	linear functions, rotations	quadratic functions	cubic functions
A_1g	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	-	x²+y², z²	-
A_2g	+1	+1	+1	-1	+1	+1	+1	-1	R_z	-	-
E_1g	+2	+2cos(2/5)	+2cos(4/5)	0	+2	+2cos(2/5)	+2cos(4/5)	0	(R_x, R_y)	(xz, yz)	-
E_2g	+2	+2cos(4/5)	+2cos(2/5)	0	+2	+2cos(4/5)	+2cos(2/5)	0	-	(x²-y², xy)	-
A_1u	+1	+1	+1	+1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-	-	-
A_2u	+1	+1	+1	-1	-1	-1	-1	+1	z	-	z³, z(x²+y²)
E_1u	+2	+2cos(2/5)	+2cos(4/5)	0	-2	-2cos(2/5)	-2cos(4/5)	0	(x, y)	-	(xz², yz²) [x(x²+y²), y(x²+y²)]
E_2u	+2	+2cos(4/5)	+2cos(2/5)	0	-2	-2cos(4/5)	-2cos(2/5)	0	-	-	[xyz, z(x²-y²)] [y(3x²-y²), x(x²-3y²)]

Information for point groups with fivefold rotational axis

Additional information

Number of symmetry elements	h = 20
Number of irreducible representations	n = 8
Abelian group	no
Number of subgroups	8
Subgroups	C_s , C_i , C₂ , C₅ , D₅ , C_5v , C_2h , S₁₀
Optical Isomerism (Chirality)	no
Polar	no

Reduction formula for point group D_5d

Examples

Ferrocene (staggered)

Multipoles

dipole (p)	A_2u+E_1u
quadrupole (d)	A_1g+E_1g+E_2g
octopole (f)	A_2u+E_1u+2E_2u
hexadecapole (g)	A_1g+2E_1g+2E_2g
32-pole (h)	A_1u+2A_2u+2E_1u+2E_2u
64-pole (i)	2A_1g+A_2g+3E_1g+2E_2g
128-pole (j)	A_1u+2A_2u+3E_1u+3E_2u
256-pole(k)	2A_1g+A_2g+3E_1g+4E_2g
512-pole (l)	A_1u+2A_2u+4E_1u+4E_2u

First nonvanishing multipole: quadrupole

Literature

A. Gelessus, W. Thiel and W. Weber, J. Chem. Educ. 72, 505 (1995)
Multipoles and Symmetry

Character tables for chemically important point groups

Computational Laboratory for Analysis, Modeling and Visualization

Constructor University Bremen

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