Simple Treatment of the Symmetry Labels for the d-d States of Octahedral Complexes

• Derek W. Smith ^[1]
  1. [1] University of Waikato

     University of Waikato

     Nueva Zelanda

     
• Localización: Journal of chemical education, ISSN 0021-9584, Vol. 73, Nº 6 (June), 1996, págs. 504-507
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The derivation of the symmetry labels for d-d states of cubic (octahedral and tetrahedral) complexes of d block elements is not readily accessible to students having an elementary knowledge of group theory. This paper shows how the d-d states of octahedral d^n complexes (in the point group O) can be worked out by descent in symmetry to D2, using the relevant character tables and multiplication tables for their irreducible representations.