Molecular Symmetry

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Molecular symmetry describes in chemistry , the existing symmetry in molecules and the classification of the molecules according to their symmetry .

Molecular symmetry is a basic term in chemistry that explains and foresees many properties of molecules such as their dipole moment and their spectroscopic transitions .

literature

  1. ^ Jenny E. Rosenthal, GM Murphy: Group Theory and the Vibrations of Polyatomic Molecules . In: Reviews of Modern Physics . tape 8 , no. 4 , October 1936, p. 317-346 , doi : 10.1103 / RevModPhys.8.317 .