Symmetry and spectroscopy : an introduction to vibrational and electronic spectroscopy

Table of Contents
Opening Remarks
A chemists view of group thery
Introduction
Symmetry Operations and Molecules
Groups
Point Groups
Classification of Molecules into Point Groups
Matrix Representation of Symmetry Operations
Characters and Character Tables
Decomposition of Reducible Representations and the Direct Product
Additional Problems
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A skirmish with quantum mechanics
Introduction
Light
The Postulates of Quantum Mechanics
Some Simple Illustrations from Quantum Mechanics
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Vibrational spectroscopy
Introduction
Infrared and Raman Spectra
Diatomic Molecules
Transitions between Stationary States
The Normal Modes of Vibration of Polyatomic Molecules
Selection Rules and Polarization
Symmetry Coordinates and Normal Modes
Stretching Mode Analysis
Assignment of Real Spectra
The Resonance Raman Effec
Functional Group Analysis
Additional Problems
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Molecular orbital theory
Introduction
Atoms
Photoelectron Spectroscopy
The LCAO Molecular Orbital Method
Diatomic Molecules
Polyatomic Molecules
The Huckel Method
Transition Metal Complexes
Additional Problems
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Electronic spectroscopy
Introduction
Another Look at Molecular Vibrations
Basic Notions
Selection Rules
The Electronic Spectra of Some Diatomic Molecules
The Fate of Absorbed Energy
Single Bonds, Double Bonds, and Lone Pairs
Vibronic Analysis
Transition Metal Complexes
Concluding Remarks
Additional Problems
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Appendices
A. Character tables
B. Direct products
C. Overtones of degenerate vibrations
D. The shapes of atomic orbitals
E. Physical constants
F. Energy conversions
G. Answers to problems
Index