Chemical Applications of Group Theory

ISBN-13: 9780471510949 / Angielski / Twarda / 1991 / 480 str.

F. Albert Cotton

Opis

The book begins with the rigorous mathematical basis on which all applications of group theory in chemistry rest. It develops this basis from the beginning, with careful attention to the background and training of chemists. It provides extensive drill in the recognition and classification of molecular symmetry, and then takes up, chapter by chapter, all of the principal applications of group theory in chemistry. The text is directed especially to chemists and covers the whole subject from the mathematical foundation to all of the principal applications, including crystallography. The text will benefit physical, organic and inorganic chemists.

Spis treści

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.