Consider the bending mode of CO2 Consider the bending mode of CO2. Exciting this doubly degenerate vibrational mode … … can lead to rotation around the O-C-O axis. … is not possible in the electric dipole approximation. … leads to electronic excitation. … none of the above.
Consider the bending mode of CO2 Consider the bending mode of CO2. Exciting this doubly degenerate vibrational mode … … can lead to rotation around the O-C-O axis. This is called pseudorotation. (B) … is not possible in the electric dipole approximation. (C) … leads to electronic excitation. (D) … none of the above.