Joshua C.

Castillo
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CHM603M/D (Thurs)
Group Theory
Problem Set No. 3

SF6
Sulfur hexafluoride
Octahedral
Oh

Table 1. Character Table for Oh

Oh E 8C3 6C2 6C4 3C2 = i 6S4 8S6 3σh 3σd linear

functions,
quadratic
functions
cubic
functions
(C4)2 rotations

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - x2+y2+z2 -
A1g
1 1 -1 -1 1 1 -1 1 1 -1 - - -
A2g
2 2 2
2 -1 0 0 2 2 0 -1 2 0 - (2z -x -y , -
Eg x2-y2)
3 0 -1 1 -1 3 1 0 -1 -1 (Rx, Ry, Rz) - -
T1g
3 0 1 -1 -1 3 -1 0 -1 1 - (xz, yz, -
T2g xy)
1 1 1 1 1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 - - -
A1u
1 1 -1 -1 1 -1 1 -1 -1 1 - - xyz
A2u
2 -1 0 0 2 -2 0 1 -2 0 - - -
Eu
3 0 -1 1 -1 -3 -1 0 1 1 (x, y, z) - (x , y3, z3)
3
T1u [x(z2+y2),
y(z2+x2),
z(x2+y2)]
3 0 1 -1 -1 -3 1 0 1 -1 - - [x(z2-y2),
T2u y(z2-x2),
z(x2-y2)]

Table 2. Tabular Method for the solving of the Irreducible Represenation, h=48

Oh Oh E 8C3 6C2 6C4 3C2 = i 6S4 8S6 3σh Σ Σ/h

(C4)2
A1g 6 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 4 2
A2g 6 0 0 12 6 0 0 0 12 12 48 1
Eg 6 0 0 -12 6 0 0 0 12 -12 0 0
T1g 12 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 24 0 48 1
T2g 18 0 0 12 -6 0 0 0 -12 -12 0 0
A1u 18 0 0 -12 -6 0 0 0 -12 12 0 0
A2u 6 0 0 12 6 0 0 0 -12 -12 0 0
Eu 6 0 0 -12 6 0 0 0 -12 12 0 0
T1u 12 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 -24 0 0 0
T1u 18 0 0 12 -6 0 0 0 12 12 48 1
T2u 18 0 0 -12 -6 0 0 0 12 -12 0 0

𝐸𝑟𝑒𝑑 = 𝐴2𝑔 + 𝑇1𝑔 + 𝑇1𝑢