Q72 · CSIR NET Chemistry, June 2012
Paper: CSIR NET June 2012 · Subject: Physical Chemistry · Chapter: Group Theory · Topic: Symmetry Elements Point Groups · Marks: 2 · Difficulty: Medium
A square pyramidal, $\mathrm{MX_4}$, molecule belongs to $C_{4v}$ point group. The symmetry operations are: E, $2C_4$, $C_2$, $2\sigma_v$ and $2\sigma_d$. The trace for the reducible representation, when symmetry operations of $C_{4v}$ applied to $\mathrm{MX_4}$, is:
(c)5 1 1 1 1
(a)5 1 1 1 3
(b)1 1 1 1 1
(d)4 1 1 1 3
Answer
Answer (as printed): A
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