Group Theory for Chemists, 2nd Edition

Preface

The book I have written is based on a course of approximately 12 lectures and 6 hours of tutorials and workshops given at the University of Bath. The course deals with the basics of group theory and its application to the analysis of vibrational spectra and molecular orbital theory. As far as possible I have tried to further refer group theory to other themes within inorganic chemistry, such as the links between VSEPR and MO theory, crystal field theory (CFT) and electron deficient molecules. The book is aimed exclusively at an undergraduate group with a highly focussed content and thus topics such as applications to crystallography, electronic spectra etc have been omitted. The book is organised to parallel the sequence in which I ...