Mitchell Rutishauser-
What are the 5 symmetry operations and their elements?
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What does n-fold rotation Cn do
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What does the Identity, E do?
Nothing; molecule is unchanged
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What is Reflection? Signma_v,Sigma_h,Sigma_d
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What is inversion?
(x,y,z) goes to (-x,-y-,z)
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What is n-fold improper rotation
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C1 group
Only identity
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Ci group
identity and inversion
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Cs group
identity and mirror plane
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Cn group
identity and n-fold rotation
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Cnv group
identity, n-fold rotation, and sigma_v
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Cnh
identity, n-fold rotation, sigma_h
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Dn group
identity, n-fold principle axis, n twofold axes perpendicular to Cn
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Dnh
identity, n-fold principal rotation, n twofold axes perpendicular to Cn and sigma_h
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Dnd
identity, n-fold principal rotation, n twofold axes perpendicular to Cn and sigma_d
