Inorganic Chemistry
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Author: Housecroft, Catherine E.
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Ch. 3 - 3.1 Give the structures of the following...Ch. 3 - 3.2 In the group theory, what is meant by the...Ch. 3 - For each of the following 2-dimensional shapes,...Ch. 3 - Draw the structure of SO2 and identify its...Ch. 3 - 3.5 The structure of was shown in Fig. 2.1. Apart...Ch. 3 - By drawing appropriate diagrams, illustrate the...Ch. 3 - Using the answer to problem 3.6 to help you,...Ch. 3 - 3.8 Which of the following species or ions contain...Ch. 3 - Which of the following species contain C4 axis and...Ch. 3 - 3.10 How many mirror planes each do each of the...
Ch. 3 - (a) What structure would you expect Si2H6 to...Ch. 3 - Prob. 12PCh. 3 - Explain what is meant by an -fold axis of...Ch. 3 - 3.14 To which point group to does belong?
Ch. 3 - 3.15 The point group of is . What shape is this...Ch. 3 - 3.16 Determine the point group of .
Ch. 3 - 3.17 The point group of is . Draw the structure...Ch. 3 - 3.18 In worked example 2.7, the structure of the ...Ch. 3 - 3.19 Assign a point group to each member in the...Ch. 3 - (a) Deduce the point group of SF4. (b) Is SOF4 in...Ch. 3 - 3.21 Which of the point groups possess the highest...Ch. 3 - Prob. 22PCh. 3 - Prob. 23PCh. 3 - Prob. 24PCh. 3 - 3.25 By considering the effect of each symmetry...Ch. 3 - To what point group does CBr4 belong? Using the...Ch. 3 - Prob. 27PCh. 3 - Al2Cl6 belongs to the D2h point group: How many...Ch. 3 - Prob. 29PCh. 3 - Determine how many CO stretching modes are...Ch. 3 - 3.31 In 1993, the ion was reported for the first...Ch. 3 - Prob. 32PCh. 3 - (a) To which point group does a trigonal...Ch. 3 - Prob. 34PCh. 3 - Confirm the symmetry operations of (a) inversion...Ch. 3 - Prob. 42PCh. 3 - Prob. 43P
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