Molecular Symmetry Analysis
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.
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- Cotton, F. A. (1990). Chemical Applications of Group Theory (3rd ed.). John Wiley & Sons. · ISBN 978-0471510949
- Harris, D. C., & Bertolucci, M. D. (1992). Symmetry and Spectroscopy: An Introduction to Vibrational and Electronic Spectroscopy (2nd ed.). Dover Publications. · ISBN 978-0486661445
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