Past exam of the chemistry A course of the University of Cambridge / 2025 / Paper 1 / A4 / b / i

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With

z

along C=O and the molecule in the

x z

plane, formaldehyde has

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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