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Determine the symmetry elements and assign the point group of (a) NH 2Cl, (b) CO32, (c) SiF4, (d)
HCN, (e) SiFClBrI, (f) BF4.
Answer
Use VSEPR to find the structure and then assign the point group and identify the symmetry
elements.
(a) NH2Cl
Point group = Cs
Symmetry elements: E,
(b) CO32
, S4
(c) SiF4
Point group = Td
Symmetry elements: E, C3, C2,
, S3
(d) HCN
Point group = C
Symmetry elements: E, C
(e) SiFClBrI
Point group = C1
Symmetry elements: E
(f) BF4
Point group = Td
Symmetry elements: E, C3, C2,
, S4
Answer
Use VSEPR to find the structure and then assign the point group.
SnF4
Point group = Td
SeF4
BrF4
Answer
The Lewis dot structure is:
The C2v structure is most likely the lowest energy because this minimizes the
number of 90o repulsions between the I=O double bonds and the I-F single
bonds.
Group Theory Solutions: #1
1. Identify the point group of each of the following pictures. Which are
chiral? Which have dipole moments?
A. five-pointed star
B. Star of David
C. baseball
Given this baseball (and assuming it looks the same from behind), we have the
following symmetry elements:
We also have mirror planes containing all three axes. Therefore the point group
of this picture is D2h, which is neither chiral or polar.
D. pencil
This linear picture has a C-infinity rotation axis along the axis of the pencil and
no inversion center. Therefore the pencil is C-infinity-v. This is not a chiral
group, but it is polar.