 Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-chemistry-a-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2025/paper-1/a4/b/i/solution

With

z

along C=O and the molecule in the

x z

E

C_{2} (z)

σ_{x z}

and

σ_{yz}

. It belongs to the C2v point group,

C_{2 v}

. Keeping this axis convention is essential when assigning the labels

B_{1}

and

B_{2}

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