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Total cards: 24•Content version: v4•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026

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#1
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“Mulliken Symbol​” Meaning: Designates symmetry with respect to inversion center​

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Gerade (symmetric) Ungerade (Antisymmetric)

#2
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“Mulliken Symbol​” In D Point Groups: Meaning: Designate symmetry with respect to ⊥C2​

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Subscript 1 (Symmetric) Subscript 2 (Antisymmetric)

#3
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“Mulliken Symbol​” In C Point Groups: Meaning: Designate symmetry with respect to σ<span>v</span>

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Subscript 1 (Symmetric) Subscript 2 (Antisymmetric)

#4
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Properties of Multiplication Tables A symmetric multiplication table of a finite group implies the group is _____.

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An Abelian Group

#5
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Properties of Multiplication Tables Every row and column contains each element exactly once. True or False

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True

#6
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A group whose elements are all members of another higher order group, both being subject to the same operations.

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Subgroup (Practical use: Building correlation diagrams)

#7
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Properties of the Character Table The square of any irreducible representation will include the_____.

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Totally symmetric irreducible representation

#8
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Around the Character Table Identify the highlighted property of the character table below.

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Totally symmetric irreducible representation

#9
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Around the Character Table Identify the highlighted property of the character table below.

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Mulliken Notation

#10
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Around the Character Table Identify the highlighted property of the character table below.

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Dimensions

#11
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Around the Character Table What is the symmetry of a rotation along the x-axis in a D3h symmetric molecule?

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E’‘ ( x and y rotations are degenerate in this case)

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#12
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The D4h molecule [PtCl4]2- has a b1g bending mode: Applying the the project operator for b1g yields with θ1 as the basis: Pb1g(θ1)=N(θ1 + θ3- θ2 - θ4) What does the bending motion look like?

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#13
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The facial isomer of MCl3(CO)3 has Cl streching modes with the irreducible representations of: Γ​=A1+E How many Cl streching modes are there in MCl3(CO)3

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3 Cl streching modes A1 (1 mode) E (2 degenerate modes)

#14
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What is the subgroup(s) of C3V based on the multiplication table below?

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C3 (in purple) Cs (in orange)

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#15
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To have a subgroup g in a higher order group G, the divisor of the orders must be an integral value (e.g h/g ) True or False

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True

#16
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Use the multiplication table below: C4*σx= ?

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σd

#17
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A group whose group operation between two elements does not depend on the order in which they are written.

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Abelian Group

#18
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If a multiplication table’s values are symmetric along its diagonal axis, then that is an _______.

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Abelian Group

#19
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Around the Character Table What is the symmetry of the dipole moment along the z-axis in a D3h symmetric molecule?

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A2’‘

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#20
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Around the Character Table The highlighted operations are ordered in what way?

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Classes of Operations

#21
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Properties of Irreducible Representations Each irreduible representation is _______ to all other irreducible representation of that group.

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Orthogonal

#22
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Properties of Irreducible Representations The number of irreducible representations of the group equals____.

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The number of classes in a group

#23
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The characters of all operations in the same class.

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Identical

#24
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Representations that are the combinations of irreducible representations.

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Reducible Representations