Molecular Symmetry & Group Theory
A 16-module path through molecular symmetry & group theory, in study order from foundations to the frontier.
Modules
- Symmetry Elements and Symmetry Operations
- Rotation Axes and Cn Operations
- Reflection Planes and the Inversion Center
- Improper Rotations and Sn Axes
- Point Groups as Mathematical Groups
- Classifying the Point Groups
- Assigning Point Groups with a Flowchart
- Identifying Symmetry in Common Molecules
- Matrix Representations of Symmetry Operations
- Characters and Reducible vs Irreducible Representations
- The Great Orthogonality Theorem
- Reading and Using Character Tables
- The Reduction Formula
- Symmetry-Adapted Linear Combinations
- Symmetry and Molecular Orbitals
- Symmetry and Spectroscopic Selection Rules