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The document provides examples of problems involving symmetry operations and point groups. It includes: 1) Defining symmetry operations like C2z rotation and asking to define other operations like C2x. It also asks about improper rotations S1 and S2. 2) Identifying molecules like H2O and cis-SCl2F4 that belong to the C2v point group. 3) Matching molecules to point groups, like matching 1,3,5-trichlorobenzene to C3h. 4) Indicating symmetry elements on a diagram of the B12H122- ion that belongs to the Ih point group. 5) Identifying the

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Questions On Symmetry - 1

The document provides examples of problems involving symmetry operations and point groups. It includes: 1) Defining symmetry operations like C2z rotation and asking to define other operations like C2x. It also asks about improper rotations S1 and S2. 2) Identifying molecules like H2O and cis-SCl2F4 that belong to the C2v point group. 3) Matching molecules to point groups, like matching 1,3,5-trichlorobenzene to C3h. 4) Indicating symmetry elements on a diagram of the B12H122- ion that belongs to the Ih point group. 5) Identifying the

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Problems on Symmetry Operations and Point Groups

1) The effect of a symmetry operation on the Cartesian coordinates can be written:


E (x, y, z) (x , y, z)
C2 z (x, y, z) (-x , -y, z) (rotation about the z axis by 180o)

(a) Give the equivalent expressions for the effect of the operations
C2 x , C2 y , (xz) , (yz) , (xy) , i

(b) What is the equivalent expression for S1 ( = Sn n) and S2 ( = Sn n/2) (where the S axis
has to be along z and n is an even number)? Why do these operations not appear in
the list of operations of a group?

2) Satisfy yourself that all the following molecules belong to the C2v point group,
H2O, pyridine, 1,2 dichloro-benzene, acetone (draw the geometry including the
hydrogen atoms), cis - SCl2 F4. Name two other molecules that have C2v symmetry
that are not simple analogues of these.

3) Match the molecule to the point group.


1,3,5 trichlorobenzene
trans- Pt(NH3)2Cl2 (ignore the hydrogens)
SF5Cl
BFClBr
B(OH)3 (planar and all staggered Hs)
Tennis ball (including the seam)

C4v, D3h, Cs, C3h, D2h, D2d

4) On the diagram (or as many copies of it as you need) of the B12H122- ion below,
indicate the position of the symmetry elements of the Ih group.
Ih: E 12C5 12C52 20C3 15C2 i 12S10 12S102 20S6 15

5) Identify the Point Groups of the following molecules and ions:

HOCl, ClO2, N2O, N3-

SF4, NH4+, PtCl42-, CH2Cl2

All the fluorobenzenes you can think of: C6F6-n , n = 0 5 and the isomers of each
one. ( I make that 12 molecules.)

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