Table 1. Character table of dirhenium decacarbonyl.
1
a4
a2
a4
b2
b4
c2
c4
d2
P1
a2
a1
a2
a1
a2
a1
a2
a3
P1
a4
b2
a4
a2
b4
d2
c4
c÷1 1
1 1
1 1
1 1
1
÷2 1
−1 1
−1
−1 1
−1 1
÷3 1
−1 1
−1 1
−1 1
−1
÷4 1
1 1
1
−1
−1
−1
−1
÷5 1
A−1
−
A−1
−
A1
A÷6 1
−
A−1
�−1
A1
−
A÷7 1
A−1
−
A1
A−1
−
A÷8 1
−
A−1
A1
−
A−1
AA = −
E(4) = −
sqrt(−1) = −
i.Remark: From Table 1
, we see that there are 8 conjugacy classes and 8
irreducible character, namely [()], [(1,2,3,4)(6,7,8,9)], [(1,3)(2,4)(6,8)(7,9)],
[(1,4,3,2)(6,9,8,7)], [(1,6)(2,7)(3,8)(4,9)(5,10)], [(1,7,3,9)(2,8,4,6)(5,10)],
[(1,8)(2,9)(3,6)(4,7)(5,10)], [(1,9,3,7)(2,6,4,8)(5,10)].