Abstract
The quadrupole–quadrupole polarizability of a molecule introduced by Buckingham is not a unique molecular property, in the sense that it depends on an arbitrary choice of the origin of the molecular coordinates. To obtain a physically acceptable form of this property for a non-magnetic molecule, a linear combination is taken of molecular polarizabilities of the relevant multipole order (electric octopole-magnetic quadrupole). By requiring this combination to possess the desired space–time and symmetry properties, as well as origin independence, an acceptable quadrupole–quadrupole polarizability is obtained. Expressions are presented for the components of this polarizability for molecules of certain symmetries.
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