David Willcock

Molecular Symmetry

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Symmetry in Chemistry carefully introduces the subject by combining symmetry with spectroscopy in a clear and accessible manner. Beginning with an introduction to symmetry in nature and chemistry, the text goes on to examine point groups, the interaction of light with molecules, electronic spectra of transition metal complexes with a final chapter on symmetry and the spectra of complexes. Each chapter introduces the subject gradually and ends with a series of self-test questions to enhance student understanding.

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Symmetry and group theory provide us with a formal method for thedescription of the geometry of objects by describing the patternsin their structure. In chemistry it is a powerful method thatunderlies many apparently disparate phenomena. Symmetry allows usto accurately describe the types of bonding that can occur betweenatoms or groups of atoms in molecules. It also governs thetransitions that may occur between energy levels in molecularsystems, which in turn allows us to predict the absorptionproperties of molecules and hence their spectra.
Molecular Symmetry lays out the formal language usedin the area using illustrative examples of particular moleculesthroughout. It then applies the ideas of symmetry to describemolecular structure, bonding in molecules and consider theimplications in spectroscopy.Topics covered include:

Symmetry elements
Symmetry operations and products of operations
Point groups used with molecules
Point group representations, matrices and basis sets
Reducible and irreducible representations
Applications in vibrational spectroscopy
Symmetry in chemical bonding
Molecular Symmetry is designed to introduce the subjectby combining symmetry with spectroscopy in a clear and accessiblemanner. Each chapter ends with a summary of learning points, aselection of self-test questions, and suggestions for furtherreading. A set of appendices includes templates for paper modelswhich will help students understand symmetry groups.

Molecular Symmetry is a must-have introduction to thisfundamental topic for students of chemistry, and will also find aplace on the bookshelves of postgraduates and researchers lookingfor a broad and modern introduction to the subject

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 14585347000
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 448
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 249mm x 175mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 878g
• ISBN-13: 9780470853474
• ISBN-10: 0470853476
• Artikelnr.: 23170930

Autorenporträt

Dr David Willock, Department of Chemistry, Cardiff University, UK Dr Willock is a lecturer in physical chemistry at Cardiff University. His research focuses on computer simulations and computational chemistry. He teaches courses in physical chemistry, group theory and solid state chemistry.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface. 1. Symmetry Elements and Operations. 1.1 Introduction. 1.2
Symmetry Elements and Operations. 1.3 Examples of the Impact of Geometric
Symmetry on Chemistry. 1.4 Summary. 1.5 Self-Test Questions. Further
Reading. 2. More Symmetry Operations and Products of Operations. 2.1
Introduction. 2.2 Background to Point Groups. 2.3 Closed Groups and New
Operations. 2.4 Properties of Symmetry Operations. 2.5 Chirality and
Symmetry. 2.6 Summary. 2.7 Completed Multiplication Tables. 2.8 Self-Test
Questions. 3. The Point Groups Used with Molecules. 3.1 Introduction. 3.2
Molecular Classification Using Symmetry Operations. 3.3 Constructing
Reference Models with Idealized Symmetry. 3.4 The Nonaxial Groups:
Cs,Ci,C1. 3.5 The Cyclic Groups: Cn, Sn. 3.6 Axial Groups Containing Mirror
Planes: Cnh and Cnv. 3.6.1 Examples of Axial Groups Containing Mirror
Planes: Cnh and Cnv. 3.7 Axial Groups with Multiple Rotation Axes: Dn, Dnd
and Dnh. 3.8 Special Groups for Linear Molecules: Cìv and Dìh. 3.9 The
Cubic Groups: Td and Oh. 3.10 Assigning Point Groups to Molecules. 3.11
Example Point Group Assignments. 3.12 Self-Test Questions. 4. Point Group
Representations, Matrices and Basis Sets. 4.1 Introduction. 4.2 Symmetry
Representations and Characters. 4.3 Multiplication Tables for Character
Representations. 4.4 Matrices and Symmetry Operations. 4.5 Diagonal and
Off-Diagonal Matrix Elements. 4.6 The Trace of a Matrix as the Character
for an Operation. 4.7 Noninteger Characters. 4.8 Reducible Representations.
4.9 Classes of Operations. 4.10 Degenerate Irreducible Representations.
4.11 The Labelling of Irreducible Representations. 4.12 Summary. 4.13
Completed Tables. 4.14 Self-Test Questions. Further Reading. 5. Reducible
and Irreducible Representations. 5.1 Introduction. 5.2 Irreducible
Representations and Molecular Vibrations. 5.3 Finding Reducible
Representations. 5.4 Properties of Point Groups and Irreducible
Representations. 5.5 The Reduction Formula. 5.6 A Complete Set of
Vibrational Modes for H2O. 5.7 Choosing the Basis Set. 5.8 The d-Orbitals
in Common Transition Metal Complex Geometries. 5.9 Linear Molecules: Groups
of Infinite Order. 5.10 Summary. 5.11 Self-Test Questions. 6. Applications
in Vibrational Spectroscopy. 6.1 Introduction. 6.2 Selection Rules. 6.3
General Approach to Analysing Vibrational Spectroscopy. 6.4
Symmetry-Adapted Linear Combinations. 6.5 Normalization. 6.6 The Projector
Operator Method. 6.7 Linking Results for Symmetry-Inequivalent Sets of
Atoms. 6.8 Additional Examples. 6.9 Summary. 6.10 Self-Test Questions.
Further Reading. 7. Symmetry in Chemical Bonding. 7.1 Introduction. 7.2
Bond Energies. 7.3 The Relative Energies of Hydrogen-Like Atomic Orbitals.
7.4 The Molecules Formed by Other Second-Row Elements with Hydrogen. 7.5
The Second-Row Diatomic Molecules. 7.6 More Complex Polyatomic Molecules.
7.7 Metal Complexes. 7.8 Summary. 7.9 Self-Test Questions. Further Reading.
Appendices. Appendix 1. H2O Models for Identifying the Results of Symmetry
Operation Products. Appendix 2. Assignment of Chiral Centre Handedness
using Cahn-Ingold-Prelog Rules. Appendix 3. Model of a Tetrahedron and the
Related Cube. Appendix 4. Model of an Octahedron. Appendix 5. Matrices and
Determinants. Appendix 6. The Mathematical Background to Infrared Selection
Rules. Appendix 7. The Franck-Condon Principle. Appendix 8. Classical
Treatment of Stokes/Anti-Stokes Absorption. Appendix 9. The Atomic Orbitals
of Hydrogen. Appendix 10. The Origin of Chemical Bonding in H+2. Appendix
11. H2O Molecular Orbital Calculation in C2v Symmetry. Appendix 12.
Character Tables. Index.

Rezensionen

"The work will prove to be a popular choice as a textbook or as anadditional resource for group theory and advanced inorganicchemistry courses." ( CHOICE , November 2009)

"A major strength of this book is its accessibility to thepractically and conceptually minded chemist; the reader is led intothe subject through strong visual presentation of the ideas andalthough the mathematics is by no means ignored, it is presentedwithin an applied context." ( The Higher Education AcademyPhysical Sciences Centre Reviews , May 2009)