Chemical application of group theory/
F. Albert Cotton
- 3rd ed.
- New Delhi: John Wiley, 2009.
- xiv, 461 p. ill. ; 23 cm.
Part one : Principles. Introduction -- Definitions and theorems of group theory -- Molecular symmetry and the symmetry groups -- Representations of groups -- Group theory and quantum mechanics -- Symmetry-adapted linear combinations -- Part two : 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 -- Part three : Appendices. Matrix algebra -- Character tables for chemically important symmetry groups -- Correlation table for group Oh -- Some remarks about the resonance of integral ß -- The shapes of f orbitals -- Character tables for some double groups -- Elements of the g matrix -- Stereographic projections for the 32 crystallographic point groups -- The 230 space groups -- Reading list -- Index.