Arkansas State University
Department of Chemistry
and Physics
Worksheets
Symmetry and Point Groups


For each of the following, give the symmetry operations and the point group (flow chart):
 
 
 
 
acetylene
PtCl2I22- (cis and trans) XeOF4
AsF5 PF3
SCl4 benzene
BrF3 S8 (crown)
Staggered ethane I3-
Mo(CO)6 A black cat at its highest symmetry
CS2 A three-legged stool
PFCl2 A rectangular brick

 

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