Example molecules

Shown here are examples of molecules that possess some of the more common point group symmetries. The images can be animated by pointing at them. Each molecule is scaled to be approximately the same size. The blue surfaces represent surfaces of constant charge density.

	H2O2: C2
	H2O: C2v	NH3: C3v	SF5Cl: C4v			HCN: Cv
		B(OH)3: C3h
		C2H6: D3d	S8: D4d	Fe(C5H5)2: D5d	Cr(C6H6)2: D6d
	C2H4: D2h	C2H6: D3h	[PdCl4]2-: D4h	Fe(C5H5)2: D5h	C6H6: D6h	H2: Dh
	CH4: Td	SF6: Oh	C60: Ih

Hydrogen (H)	Boron (B)	Carbon (C)	Nitrogen (N)	Fluorine (F)	Oxygen (O)	Sulphur (S)	Chlorine (Cl)	Chromium (Cr)	Iron (Fe)	Palladium (Pd)

• Symmetry pages index
• Categorisation by symmetry operations or by unit cell parameters
• Correlation table index
• Stereographs
• A brief description of tables

Last modified: Thu Nov 2 16:30:32 GMT 2000 by JPG (goss@excc.ex.ac.uk)
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