Symmetry and Structure: Readable Group Theory for Chemists, 3rd Edition

1. Theories in Conflict.

2. The symmetry of the water molecule.

3. The electronic structure of the water molecule.

4. Vibrational spectra of the water molecule.

5. D_2h character table and the electronic structure of ethene (ethylene) and diborane.

6. The electronic structure of bromine pentafluoride, BRF₅.

7. The electronic structure of the ammonia molecule.

8. The electronic structure of some octahedral molecules.

9. Point groups and their relationships.

10. Tetrahedral, icosahedral and spherical symmetries.

11. Electron systems.

12. The group theory of electron spin.

13. Space groups.

14. Spectroscopic studies of crystals.

Appendix 1. Groups and classes: definitions and examples.

Appendix 2. Matrix algebra and group theory.

Appendix 3. Character tables of the more important point groups.

Appendix 4. The fluorine group orbitals of symmetry in SF₆.

Appendix 5. The Hermann-Mauguin notation.

Appendix 6. Non-symmorphic relatives of the point group D₂.

Index.