Inorganic Chemistry
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Chapter 4, Problem 4.26P
a. Obtain a representation based on all the motions of the atoms in
b. Reduce this representation to its component irreducible representations.
c. Classify these representations, indicating which are for translational, rotational, andvibrational motion.
d. Determine the irreducible representation matching the xenon—oxygen stretching vibration.Is this vibration IR active?
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