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	تحليل التناظر الجزيئي	تحليل مجال الربيطة
المجال	الكيمياء	الكيمياء
العائلة	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
سنة النشأة	1960s	1960s
صاحب الطريقة	F. Albert Cotton	Brian Norman Figgis
النوع	Mathematical framework	Theoretical model
المصدر التأسيسي	Cotton, F. A. (1990). Chemical Applications of Group Theory (3rd ed.). John Wiley & Sons. ISBN: 978-0471510949	Figgis, B. N. (1966). Introduction to Ligand Fields. Interscience Publishers. ISBN: 978-0471257356
الأسماء البديلة	point group analysis, symmetry operations, group theory	ligand field, LFT, ligand field theory
ذات صلة	3	3
الملخص	Molecular symmetry analysis is the systematic application of group theory to understand the structure, bonding, spectroscopy, and reactivity of molecules. Developed comprehensively by F. Albert Cotton and others from the 1960s onward, this framework uses the mathematical properties of molecular symmetry to predict allowed electronic transitions, molecular orbital shapes, vibrational modes, and reaction pathways.	Ligand Field Theory (LFT) is an advanced model of metal-ligand bonding that combines crystal field theory with molecular orbital theory. Developed systematically by Brian Norman Figgis and others from the 1960s onward, LFT provides quantitative predictions of electronic structure, magnetism, spectra, and reactivity of coordination complexes, bridging the gap between qualitative crystal field arguments and rigorous quantum mechanics.