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Chemical group theory : introduction and fundamentals

By Danail Bonchev , D.H. Rouvray

Book information

Publisher
Gordon and Breach
Year
1994
ISBN
2881249590, 9782881249594
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
13 MB (13512624 bytes)
Series
Mathematical chemistry 3
Pages
262\272
Topic
Chemistry
Time added
2017-01-07 15:03:09

Description

In chapter 1, after an outline of some historical aspects of the use of symmetry in chemistry is given, the scene is set by introducing a number of group theoretical techniques that have been employed by chemists. Chapter 2 considers in detail the nature and the differing types of groups that have been employed by chemists and others in their description of chemical systems. In chapter 3 a comparatively new mathematical formalism is presented that is now being increasingly used for the interpretation of stereochemical phenomena. The symmetry of molecules is analyzed from a group-theoretical perspective in chapter 4, while in chapter 5 the symmetry of the chemical graphs that are commonly used to represent both organic and inorganic molecules is addressed. Chapters 4 and 5 together encompass applications such as the enumeration of many different chemical isomers and analysis of the symmetry characteristics of a variety of recently synthesized molecules such as the fullerenes.

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