Author(s): I. S. Dmitriev
Publisher: Mir Publishers
Year: 1979
Language: English
City: Moscow
Front Cover
Title Page
FOREWORD
CONTENTS
Chapter 1 SYMMETRY OF A NUCLEAR POLYHEDRON
Elements and Operations of Symmetry
Concept of a Group
Hierarchy of Point Groups
Chapter 2 SYMMETRY IN MATHEMATICAL TERMS
In the Footsteps of Descartes
Symmetry and Molecular Orbitals
Chapter 3 SYMMETRY AND STEREOCHEMISTRY
First Variation on the Theme of Coulomb Law
Second Variation on the Theme of Coulomb Law
Theory of Crystalline Field (TCF)
Electronic Transitions
Method of Molecular Orbitals and Structure of Complex Compounds
Jahn-Teller Effect
Pearson's Rule
Symmetry Appears and Disappears
Chapter 4 SYMMETRY AND CHEMICAL REACTION
A Few Words about Chemical Process
Permitting Symmetry and Forbidding Symmetry
Orbital Symmetry Conservation in Some Organic Reactions
Chapter 5 FORWARD INTO HISTORY!
Apocryphal Times
Testament of Evariste Galois
Non-Euclidean Geometries and Chemistry
Symmetry Concept in Natural Sciences
Group Theory in Quantum Chemistry
INDEX VOCABULARY
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