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QUANTUM CHEMISTRY (YAB2073)

ASSIGNMENT 2

1. Explain the construction and content of a character table.

2. Assign the following molecules to point groups:


(a) IF7 (pentagonal bipyramid),
(b) XeO2F2 (see-saw),
(c) Fe2(CO)9,

(d) tetrafluorocubane, C8H4F4.

3. Discuss the physical origins of the gross selection rules for microwave and infrared spectroscopy.
4. What is the evidence for the correctness of the mechanism of fluorescence, comparing with
phosphorescence?

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