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ERIC Number: EJ1073092
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015-Aug
Pages: 4
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0021-9584
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Teaching Molecular Symmetry of Dihedral Point Groups by Drawing Useful 2D Projections
Chen, Lan; Sun, Hongwei; Lai, Chengming
Journal of Chemical Education, v92 n8 p1422-1425 Aug 2015
There are two main difficulties in studying molecular symmetry of dihedral point groups. One is locating the C[subscript 2] axes perpendicular to the C[subscript n] axis, while the other is finding the s[subscript]d planes which pass through the C[subscript n] axis and bisect the angles formed by adjacent C[subscript 2] axes. In this paper, a method of learning to draw 2D projections has been proposed to identify symmetry elements. Molecules with similar projective polygons are also compared to discuss the differences in point groups.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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