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This spectrum is called a Raman spectrum and corresponds to the vibrational or rotational changes in the molecule. The selection rules for Raman activity are different from those for i.r. activity and the two types of spectroscopy are complementary in the study of molecular structure. Modern Raman spectrometers use lasers for excitation. In the resonance Raman effect excitation at a frequency corresponding to electronic absorption causes great enhancement of the Raman spectrum. 

The solutions can be labelled by their values of F and m.p. We say that F and m.p are good quantum. num.bers. With tiiis labelling, it is easier to keep track of the solutions and we can use the good quantum numbers to express selection rules for molecular interactions and transitions. In field-free space only states having the same values of F and m.p can interact, and an electric dipole transition between states with F = F and F" will take place if and only if... 

The vanishing integral rule is not only usefi.il in detemiining the nonvanishing elements of the Hamiltonian matrix H. Another important application is the derivation o selection rules for transitions between molecular states. For example, the hrtensity of an electric dipole transition from a state with wavefimction "f o a... 

Quack M 1977 Detailed symmetry selection rules for reactive collisions Mol. Phys. 34 477-504... 

Cordonnier M, Uy D, Dickson R M, Kew K E, Zhang Y and Oka T 2000 Selection rules for nuclear spin modifications in ion-neutral reactions involving Hg" J. Chem. Phys. 113 3181-93... 

Atoms have complete spherical synnnetry, and the angidar momentum states can be considered as different synnnetry classes of that spherical symmetry. The nuclear framework of a molecule has a much lower synnnetry. Synnnetry operations for the molecule are transfonnations such as rotations about an axis, reflection in a plane, or inversion tlnough a point at the centre of the molecule, which leave the molecule in an equivalent configuration. Every molecule has one such operation, the identity operation, which just leaves the molecule alone. Many molecules have one or more additional operations. The set of operations for a molecule fonn a mathematical group, and the methods of group theory provide a way to classify electronic and vibrational states according to whatever symmetry does exist. That classification leads to selection rules for transitions between those states. A complete discussion of the methods is beyond the scope of this chapter, but we will consider a few illustrative examples. Additional details will also be found in section A 1.4 on molecular symmetry. 

We now turn to electronic selection rules for syimnetrical nonlinear molecules. The procedure here is to examme the structure of a molecule to detennine what synnnetry operations exist which will leave the molecular framework in an equivalent configuration. Then one looks at the various possible point groups to see what group would consist of those particular operations. The character table for that group will then pennit one to classify electronic states by symmetry and to work out the selection rules. Character tables for all relevant groups can be found in many books on spectroscopy or group theory. Ftere we will only pick one very sunple point group called 2 and look at some simple examples to illustrate the method. 

The selection rule for vibronic states is then straightforward. It is obtained by exactly the same procedure as described above for the electronic selection rules. In particular, the lowest vibrational level of the ground electronic state of most stable polyatomic molecules will be totally synnnetric. Transitions originating in that vibronic level must go to an excited state vibronic level whose synnnetry is the same as one of the coordinates, v, y, or z. 

They are caused by interactions between states, usually between two different electronic states. One hard and fast selection rule for perturbations is that, because angidar momentum must be conserved, the two interacting states must have the same /. The interaction between two states may be treated by second-order perturbation theory which says that the displacement of a state is given by... 

The electric dipole selection rule for a hannonic oscillator is Av = 1. Because real molecules are not hannonic, transitions with Av > 1 are weakly allowed, with Av = 2 being more allowed than Av = 3 and so on. There are other selection niles for quadnipole and magnetic dipole transitions, but those transitions are six to eight orders of magnitude weaker than electric dipole transitions, and we will therefore not concern ourselves with them. 

Using the selection rule for allowed transitions the relative intensity for the transition from the state Mg) to Mg+l) is given by... 

The transition between levels coupled by the oscillating magnetic field B corresponds to the absorption of the energy required to reorient the electron magnetic moment in a magnetic field. EPR measurements are a study of the transitions between electronic Zeeman levels with A = 1 (the selection rule for EPR). 

Figure Bl.22.3. RAIRS data in the C-H stretching region from two different self-assembled monolayers, namely, from a monolayer of dioctadecyldisulfide (ODS) on gold (bottom), and from a monolayer of octadecyltrichlorosilane (OTS) on silicon (top). Although the RAIRS surface selection rules for non-metallic substrates are more complex than those which apply to metals, they can still be used to detemiine adsorption geometries. The spectra shown here were, in fact, analysed to yield the tilt (a) and twist (p) angles of the molecular chains in each case with respect to the surface plane (the resulting values are also given in the figure) [40].

The method discussed in this chapter allows, in principle, the detection of all conical intersections connecting the ground with the excited state. Assuming that photochemical products are mainly formed through conical intersections, it therefore provides a means to design selection rules for photochemisby. 

The diagonal elements of the matrix [Eqs. (31) and (32)], actually being an effective operator that acts onto the basis functions Ro,i, are diagonal in the quantum number I as well. The factors exp( 2iAct)) [Eqs. (27)] determine the selection rule for the off-diagonal elements of this matrix in the vibrational basis—they couple the basis functions with different I values with one another (i.e., with I — l A). 

The matrix elements (60) represent effective operators that still have to act on the functions of nuclear coordinates. The factors exp( 2iAx) determine the selection rules for the matrix elements involving the nuclear basis functions. 

Thus in the lowest order approximation the angle x is eliminated from the off-diagonal matrix elements of [second and third of Eqs. (60)] it solely determines the selection rules for matrix elements of Hg with respect to nuclear basis functions. 

Qualitatively, the selection rule for IR absorption for a given mode is that the symmetry of qT ) " must he the same as qT ). Qiianii-talivcly, the transition dipole moment is proportion al to tlie dipole derivative with respect to a given normal mode dp/di. ... 

The selection rules for AK depend on the nature of the vibrational transition, in particular, on the component of itrans along the molecule-fixed axes. For the second 3-j symbol to not vanish, one must have... 

The methyl iodide molecule is studied using microwave (pure rotational) spectroscopy. The following integral governs the rotational selection rules for transitions labeled J, M, K... 

For a symmetric rotor molecule the selection rules for the rotational Raman spectmm are... 

The rotational selection rule for vibration-rotation Raman transitions in diatomic molecules is... 

The procedure for determining the selection rules for a particular molecule is ... 

It follows from Equation (6.58) that the 1q, 2q and 3q transitions of H2O are allowed since Vj, V2 and V3 are Ui, and 2 vibrations, respectively, as Equation (4.11) shows. We had derived this result previously simply by observing that all three vibrations involve a changing dipole moment, but the rules of Equation (6.57) enable us to derive selection rules for overtone and combination transitions as well. 

Because Raman scattering is also a two-photon process the selection rules for two-photon absorption are the same as for vibrational Raman transitions. For example, for a two-photon electronic transition to be allowed between a lower state j/" and an upper state... 

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From a knowledge of the crystal structure it is possible to calculate selection rules for each orientation position and thus gain considerable insight into the vibrational motions of the crystal. The interpretation of such spectra, which show a lot of detail, goes well beyond characterization applications. ... 

Scheme 11.2. Generalized Selection Rules for Sigmatropic Processes...

The selection rules for cycloaddition reactions can also be derived from consideration of the aromaticity of the transition state. The transition states for [2tc -f 2tc] and [4tc -1- 2tc] cycloadditions are depicted in Fig. 11.11. For the [4tc-1-2tc] suprafacial-suprafacial cycloaddition, the transition state is aromatic. For [2tc -F 2tc] cycloaddition, the suprafacial-suprafacial mode is antiaromatic, but the suprafacial-antarafacial mode is aromatic. In order to specify the topology of cycloaddition reactions, subscripts are added to the numerical classification. Thus, a Diels-Alder reaction is a [4tc -f 2 ] cycloaddition. The... 

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