Symmetry and Structure: (Readable Group Theory for Chemists) Book

	Preface to the First Edition
	Preface to the Second Edition
Ch. 1	Theories in Conflict	1
Ch. 2	The Symmetry of the Water Molecule	10
Ch. 3	The Electronic Structure of the Water Molecule	35
Ch. 4	The D[subscript 2h] Character Table and the Electronic Structures of Ethene and Diborane	63
Ch. 5	The Electronic Structure of Bromine Pentafluoride, BrF[subscript 5]	97
Ch. 6	The Electronic Structure of the Ammonia Molecule	123
Ch. 7	The Electronic Structures of some Cubic Molecules	138
Ch. 8	Groups and Subgroups	180
Ch. 9	Molecular Vibrations	191
Ch. 10	Direct Products	205
Ch. 11	[pi]-Electron Systems	227
Ch. 12	Space Groups	245
Ch. 13	Spectroscopic Studies of Crystals	291
	Appendix 1 Groups and Classes: Definitions and Examples	306
	Appendix 2 The Mathematical Basis of Group Theory	317
	Appendix 3 Character Tables of the more Important Point Groups	348
	Appendix 4 The Fluorine Group Orbitals of [pi] Symmetry in SF[subscript 6]	389
	Appendix 5 The [actual symbol not reproducible] Point Groups	404
	Appendix 6 Hermann-Mauguin (H-M) and Schonflies (S) Equivalents	409
	Further Reading	411
	Index	413