Consider the 3?? 2 orbital of the central atom of a molecule with symmetry C2v. To which symmetry representation does 3?? 2 belong to? Justify graphically your answer. the answer is attched but can you please give the reasonings because im not understanding it

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Consider the 3?? 2 orbital of the central atom of a molecule with symmetry C2v. To which symmetry representation does 3?? 2 belong to? Justify graphically your answer. the answer is attched but can you please give the reasonings because im not understanding it 

Z
3dz²
X
E d(z²)=d(z²), character 1
C2 d(z²) = d(z²), character 1
o(xz) d(z²) = d(z²), character 1
o(yz) d(z²) = d(z²), character 1
The 3d(z²) orbital has characters (1, 1, 1, 1) and therefore belongs to the
symmetric representation A1 of the C2 point group.
Transcribed Image Text:Z 3dz² X E d(z²)=d(z²), character 1 C2 d(z²) = d(z²), character 1 o(xz) d(z²) = d(z²), character 1 o(yz) d(z²) = d(z²), character 1 The 3d(z²) orbital has characters (1, 1, 1, 1) and therefore belongs to the symmetric representation A1 of the C2 point group.
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