Table of Contents
Chapter 2: Groups and Representations
Part II: Application of Group Theory to Vibrational Spectroscopy
Chapter 3: Reducible Representations
3.3 THE VIBRATIONAL SPECTRUM OF SO2
Chapter 4: Techniques of Vibrational Spectroscopy
Chapter 5: The Vibrational Spectrum of Xe(O)F4
5.1 STRETCHING AND BENDING MODES
5.2 THE VIBRATIONAL SPECTRUM OF Xe(O)F4
Part III: Application of Group Theory to Structure and Bonding
Chapter 6: Fundamentals of Molecular Orbital Theory
6.3 LIMITATIONS IN A QUALITATIVE APPROACH
Chapter 7: H2O – Linear or Angular ?
7.1 SYMMETRY-ADAPTED LINEAR COMBINATIONS
7.2 CENTRAL ATOM ORBITAL SYMMETRIES
7.3 A MOLECULAR ORBITAL DIAGRAM FOR H2O
7.4 A C2v/D∞h MO CORRELATION DIAGRAM
Chapter 8: NH3 – Planar or Pyramidal ?
8.2 A MOLECULAR ORBITAL DIAGRAM FOR BH3
Chapter 9: Octahedral Complexes
9.1 SALCS FOR OCTAHEDRAL COMPLEXES
9.3 OCTAHEDRAL P-BLOCK COMPLEXES
9.4 OCTAHEDRAL TRANSITION METAL COMPLEXES
9.5 π-BONDING AND THE SPECTROCHEMICAL SERIES
10.1 CENTRAL ATOM ORBITAL SYMMETRIES
10.2 SALCS FOR CYCLOPENTADIENYL ANION
10.3 MOLECULAR ORBITALS FOR FERROCENE
Part IV: Application of Group Theory to Electronic Spectroscopy
Chapter 11: Symmetry and Selection Rules
11.1 SYMMETRY OF ELECTRONIC STATES
11.5 EPILOGUE – SELECTION RULES FOR VIBRATIONAL SPECTROSCOPY
Chapter 12: Terms and Configurations
12.2 THE EFFECT OF A LIGAND FIELD – ORBITALS
12.3 SYMMETRY LABELS FOR dn CONFIGURATIONS – AN OPENING
Table 12.5 Direct product table for octahedral symmetry
12.4 WEAK LIGAND FIELDS, TERMS AND CORRELATION DIAGRAMS
12.5 SYMMETRY LABELS FOR dn CONFIGURATIONS – CONCLUSION
13.2 SELECTION RULES AND VIBRONIC COUPLING
13.4 d-d SPECTRA – HIGH-SPIN OCTAHEDRAL COMPLEXES
13.5 d-d SPECTRA – TETRAHEDRAL COMPLEXES
13.6 d-d SPECTRA – LOW-SPIN COMPLEXES
Appendix 1: Projection Operators
APPENDIX 2: Microstates and Term Symbols
APPENDIX 4: Answers to Problems