CHE 422 Take Home Quiz # 3: Due on 04/29/14. Ten points each.

Total points=75,

1. List the symmetry elements and point groups of the following objects: (a) a
sharpened cylindrical shaped pencil; (b) 2p
z
orbital of the hydrogen atom; (c)
NO
3
-
(planar), and (d) trans-CH
2
Br
2
(planar) (20 points)
2. Lithium hydride,
7
LiH, is a potential fuel for fusion reactors because it is one of
the few compounds of very light elements that exists as a solid, and is therefore
more dense than gaseous fuels even under extreme conditions. LiH in the gas
phase has a pure rotational spectrum consisting of lines spaced by 15.026 cm
-1
. (a)
calculate the bond distance of LiH; (b) Determine the first four absorption lines in
the pure rotational spectrum of LiH in units of GHz; (c) Determine the most
populated level, J
max
for a sample of LiH at 298 K and 1000 K. (15 points).
3. In a pure rotational spectrum of HS radical (equilibrium bond length r=1.40 )
you notice that the most intense absorption corresponds to J=8!9 transition.
Estimate the sample temperature. (10 points).
4. FeH absorbs infrared light having a frequency of 1661.0 cm
-1
. Assuming that this
is for
56
FeH and that the force constants are the same for
56
FeH and
54
FeH,
calculate the frequency of light that
54
FeH would absorb. (10 points).
5. The fundamental vibrational frequency of HCl molecule is "=2990.946 cm
-1
and
its equilibrium dissociation energy is De=445.0 kJ/mol. Evaluate the frequency
for v=0!5 pure vibrational transition in HCl in Hz assuming it as a Morse
oscillator. Compare this frequency with what would be obtained using the
harmonic oscillator approximation. (10 points)
6. The first two anti-Stokes lines in the rotational Raman spectrum of N
2
occur at
29709.1 and 29717.1 cm
-1
. Calculate the bond length of N
2
molecule. (10 points).