Chemical Applications of Group Theory

Retains the easy-to-read format and informal flavor of the previous editions, and includes new material on the symmetric properties of extended arrays (crystals), projection operators, LCAO molecular orbitals, and electron counting rules. Also contains many new exercises and illustrations. PRINCIPLES.

Definitions and Theorems of Group Theory.

Molecular Symmetry and the Symmetry Groups.

Representations of Groups.

Group Theory and Quantum Mechanics.

Symmetry-Adapted Linear Combinations.

APPLICATIONS.

Molecular Orbital Theory and Its Applications in Organic Chemistry.

Molecular Orbital Theory for Inorganic and Organometallic Compounds.

Ligand Field Theory.

Molecular Vibrations.

Crystallographic Symmetry.

Appendices.

Index.

F. ALBERT COTTON, PhD, is a professor in the Department of Chemistry at Texas A&M University.