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Figure 6.1 The icosahedron and some of its symmetry elements, (a) An icosahedron has 12 vertices and 20 triangular faces defined by 30 edges, (b) The preferred pentagonal pyramidal coordination polyhedron for 6-coordinate boron in icosahedral structures as it is not possible to generate an infinite three-dimensional lattice on the basis of fivefold symmetry, various distortions, translations and voids occur in the actual crystal structures, (c) The distortion angle 0, which varies from 0° to 25°, for various boron atoms in crystalline boron and metal borides.

Now examine the symmetry elements for the cubic lattice. It is easy to seethat the number of rotation elements, plus horizontal and vertical symmetry elements is quite high. This is the reason why the Cubic Structure is placed at the top of 2.2.3. E)ven though the lattice points of 2.2.1. are deceptively simple for the cubic structure, the symmetry elements are not... 

The coordinate system of reference is taken with the vertical principal axis (z axis). Schoenflies symbols are rather compact—they designate only a minimum of the symmetry elements present in the following way (the corresponding Hermann-Mauguin symbols are given in brackets) ... 

Note that each of the C2 axes not only is coincident with a B-F bond but also is the line of intersection of the horizontal plane with one of the vertical planes. It is generally true that the intersection of a vertical plane of symmetry with a horizontal plane generates a C2 axis. The list of symmetry elements that we have found for the BF3 molecule includes one C3 axis, three vertical planes (horizontal plane (ah). A molecule possessing these symmetry elements, such as BF3, S03, C03 , and N03 , is said to have l)ih symmetry. In the cases of H20, C1F3, H2CO, and NH3, the symmetry elements included only a C axis and n vertical planes. These molecules belong to the general symmetry type known as C . Molecules that have a Cn axis and also have n C2 axes perpendicular to the C axis are known as Dn molecules. 

It should be noted that if one hydrogen atom (on the z-axis) in the CH4 structure is replaced by F, the resulting molecule, CH3F, no longer has Td symmetry. In fact, there is a C3 axis that runs along the C-F bond and three vertical planes that intersect along that axis so the symmetry is reduced to C3v. We say that the symmetry is reduced because there are not as many symmetry elements present as there were in the original molecule. 

Q In the PC15 molecule, each of the three vertical planes contain another symmetry element. What is the element ... 

Figure 14.4. a) Orbital correlation diagram for n2s + 0J2S cheletropic addition of SO2 to an olefin. The symmetry element preserved is a vertical mirror plane, (b) Orbital correlation diagram for elimination of CO from a norbornadienone. Two vertical planes of symmetry are preserved. 

We have now reached a point of departure in the process of adding further symmetry elements to a C axis. We shall consider (1) the addition of different kinds of symmetry planes to the C axis only, and (2) the addition of symmetry planes to a set of elements consisting of the C axis and the n C2 axes perpendicular to it. In the course of this development it will be useful to have some symbols for several kinds of symmetry planes. In defining such symbols we shall consider the direction of the C axis, which we call the principal axis or reference axis, to be vertical. Hence, a symmetry plane perpendicular to this axis will be called,a horizontal plane and denoted ah. Planes that include the C axis are generally called vertical planes, but there are actually two different types. In some molecules all vertical planes are equivalent and are symbolized av. In others there may be two different sets of vertical planes (as in PtClJ" cf. page 32), in which case those of one set will be called ov and those of the other set crrf, the d standing for dihedral. It will be best to discuss these differences more fully as we meet them. 

Our next and final task is to consider the consequences of adding to C and the n CVs a set of dihedral planes, vertical planes that bisect the angles between adjacent pairs of C2 axes. The groups generated by this combination of symmetry elements are denoted Dttd, The products of a Gd with the various C operations are all other operations. However, among... 

There is an S4 axis. There are no additional independent symmetry elements the set of methyl groups destroys all the vertical planes and horizontal C2 axes that exist in C8H8 itself. The group is therefore S4. 

Any set with the four properties (a)-(d) forms a group therefore the set G is a group for which the group elements are point symmetry operators. This point group is called C3v or 3m, because the pyramid has these symmetry elements a three-fold principal axis and a vertical mirror plane. (If there is one vertical plane then there must be three, because of the three-fold symmetry axis.)... 

The number of classes, equal to 5, is derived considering all the possible conditions for chirotopicity of the catalytic sites corresponding to L. If they are not chirotopic, i.e. if they are achirotopic (e.g. they are bisected by a horizontal mirror plane), there are two possibilities only the two sites are equal (class I catalysts) or different from each other (class II catalysts). If, on the contrary, they are chirotopic, three possibilities exist the two catalytic sites are homotopic (equal) - related by a twofold symmetry axis (class III catalysts), enan-tiotopic - related by a vertical mirror plane (class IV catalysts) or diastereotopic (different from each other) - no symmetry element is present (class V catalysts). As a consequence, only five classes of metallocene catalysts may exist if interconversion among stereoisomers is not taken into account [122]. 

Both diastereomers of [CrCl2(NH3)4]+ are shown below, these are usually differentiated by the stereodescriptors cis and trans. The trans isomer belongs to the symmetry point group D4h. The symmetry elements are the main fourfold axis of symmetry C4, a horizontal plane of symmetry ah (perpendicular to the C4 axis), four C2 axes also perpendicular to the C4 axis and four planes of symmetry av the intersection of which is the main axis of symmetry. The cis isomer belongs to the symmetry point group C2v. The associated symmetry elements are a C2 axis and two vertical planes of symmetry av intersecting at the C2 axis. Verify this using the flow chart in the appendix. 

On the basis of the idealised structure depicted, copper(I) benzoate belongs to the symmetry point group D2a. The symmetry elements present are three C2 axes, an S4 axis and two dihedral planes of symmetry o (these are referred to as dihedral because they are vertical planes of symmetry which... 

Prior to interpreting the character table, it is necessary to explain the terms reducible and irreducible representations. We can illustrate these concepts using the NH3 molecule as an example. Ammonia belongs to the point group C3V and has six elements of symmetry. These are E (identity), two C3 axes (threefold axes of rotation) and three crv planes (vertical planes of symmetry) as shown in Fig. 1-22. If one performs operations corresponding to these symmetry elements on the three equivalent NH bonds, the results can be expressed mathematically by using 3x3 matrices. ... 

The crucial question now is whether there exists a set of n C2 axes perpendicular to the Cn axis. If so, we proceed to step 5. If not, the molecule belongs to one of the groups Cn, Cnv, and C If there are no symmetry elements except the Cn axis, the group is Cn. If there are n vertical planes, the group is C. If there is a horizontal plane, the group is Cnh. 

It is equivalent to describe the symmetry class of the tetrahedron as 3/2-m or 3/4. The skew line relating two axes means that they are not orthogonal. The symbol 3/2-m denotes a threefold axis, and a twofold axis which are not perpendicular and a symmetry plane which includes these axes. These three symmetry elements are indicated in Figure 2-50. The symmetry class 3/2-m is equivalent to a combination of a threefold axis and a fourfold mirror-rotation axis. In both cases the threefold axes connect one of the vertices of the tetrahedron with the midpoint of the opposite face. The fourfold mirror-rotation axes coincide with the twofold axes. The presence of the fourfold mirror-rotation axis is easily seen if the tetrahedron is rotated by a quarter of rotation about a twofold axis and is then reflected by a symmetry plane perpendicular to this axis. The symmetry operations chosen as basic will then generate the remaining symmetry elements. Thus, the two descriptions are equivalent. 

Among the projected symmetry elements in Figure 9-22c, there are some which are derived from the generating elements. This is the case, for example, for vertical glide-reflection planes with elementary translations all and bll (represented by broken lines), translations (dot-dash lines), vertical screw axes 2, and 42, and symmetry centers (small hollow circles, some of which lie above the plane by 1/4 of the elementary translation). 

Figure 9-22. The crystal structure of the rock salt after Shubnikov and Koptsik [32], (a) A unit cell (b) Projection of the structure along the edges of the unit cell onto a horizontal plane (c) Projection of some symmetry elements of the Fm3m space group onto the same plane. The vertical screw axes 2 and 42 are marked by their respective symbols. Used with permission.

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