Rotational spectra spherical rotors

All regular tetrahedral molecules, which belong to the Td point group (Section 4.2.8), may show such a rotational spectrum. However, those spherical rotors that are regular octahedral molecules and that belong to the Oh point group (Section 4.2.9) do not show any such... 

E13.13(b) A molecule must be anisotropically polarizable to show a rotational Raman spectrum all molecules except spherical rotors have this property. So CH2C12, CH3CH3, and N20 can display rotational Raman spectra SF cannot. 

Transitions between the rotational states of a polyatomic molecules can produce a microwave spectrum. We will not discuss the details of the microwave spectra of polyatomic molecules, but make some elementary comments. As with diatomic molecules, we apply the rigid-rotor approximation, assuming that a rotating polyatomic molecule is locked in its equilibrium conformation. Any molecule in its equilibrium conformation must belong to one of four classes linear molecules, spherical top molecules, symmetric top molecules, and asymmetric top molecules. 

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