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Cyclohexane |
MOLSYM: A Program on Molecular Symmetry and Group Theory Luis Vázquez Vidal |
| Molecular symmetry has become a traditional theme in structural chemistry due to its practical relevance to many other fields, such as quantum chemistry, force field analysis, and spectroscopy, among others. Although the concepts related to molecular symmetry are not particularly complex, their rigorous application often requires the use of a mathematical formalism known as "point group theory". |
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Program MOLSYM provides teachers, students, and researchers with tools for dealing with diverse aspects of this theory and applying them to specific examples and problems. It runs on a personal computer and has a user-friendly interface. Table data as well as graphics and help screens are available. |
The main topics covered are
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Buckminsterfullerine |
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Ethane |
Citation: Vazquez-Vidal, Luis. MOLSYM: A Program on Molecular Symmetry and Group Theory Journal of Chemical Education 1996 73(4) 321-2 |
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This is not the actual output of MolSym, just little Java
applets courtesy of Sun Microsystems. You can drag the mouse pointer over the pictures and see the effects. |
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Luis Vazquez-Vidal Luis Vazquez-Vidal
Departamento de Química-Física C/ Romero Donallo, 42, 6º A
Universidad de Santiago de Compostela 15706 Santiago de Compostela
15706 Santiago de Compostela A CORUÑA (Spain)
A CORUÑA (Spain)
Phone: +34-81-59 10 78 Phone/Fax: +34-81-52 38 36
Fax : +34-81-59 50 12 E-mail : qfusclvv@usc.es
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