Group theory is an important part of the M Sc chemistry curriculum of almost all universities. A proper understanding of chemical bonding and molecular spectroscopy remains incomplete without at least a preliminary knowledge of molecular symmetry aspects. This is obtained from the representation theory of groups which is explained in this text. Students with a basic knowledge of elementary quantum chemistry and mathematics will be able to benefit immensely from the book.
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Dr Asok K Mukherjee has 40 years of teaching experience at the UG and PG levels. He retired as Professor of Chemistry from The University of Burdwan. He has published about 150 papers in international journals in the fields of theoretical chemistry, fullerene structure, spectra of CT and host–guest complexes, and photophysical sensors. He has supervised several research candidates and is presently interested in the applications of DFT.
Dr Bankim Chandra Ghosh is Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Durgapur Government College where he is teaching at both the UG and PG levels. His present area of research involves the study of photophysical properties of molecules with potential applications. He has published research papers in reputed international journals such as J. Phys. Chem. (A and B), Chem. Phys. Lett., J. Photochem. Photobiol. and J. Ind. Chem. Soc..
Preface Chapter 1: Elements of symmetry, symmetry operations and point groups Chapter 2: Symmetry of the Platonic solids Chapter 3: Vector space and matrices Chapter 4: Representation of symmetry operators and point groups by matrices Chapter 5: The great orthogonality theorem and its consequences Chapter 6: Direct product groups and enumeration of crystallographic point groups Chapter 7: Link between group theory and quantum mechanics Chapter 8: Chemical bonding I: molecular orbital theory Chapter 9: Chemical bonding II: localised molecular orbitals Chapter 10: Chemical bonding III: Hückel method of p-mo calculation Chapter 11: Molecular vibrations: infrared and Raman spectroscopy Chapter 12: Spin–orbit coupling: term symbols Chapter 13: Crystal field theory and bonding in metal complexes Chapter 14: Orbital symmetry in pericyclic reactions Appendix 1 Proof of the great orthogonality theorem Appendix 2 Regular representation of point groups and the celebrated theorem Appendix 3 Character tables of some important point groups Appendix 4 Correlation tables for Oh and Td groups Index
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