Introduction into the
Symmetry of Molecules

general procedure

Preface (german) Table of Content Remarks Imprint

Type of rotational axis	other symmetry elements				point group
	S2n	n senkrecht zu Cn	s_h	s_v,sd
one (linear molecules)			with		D_h
one (linear molecules)			without		_v
any C_n with n > 3 (cubic molecules^*)					I_h
					O_h
					T_d
one C_n with n > 2	S_2n colinear zu C_n; no other symmetry elements				S_2n
		n perpendicular to Cn	withs_h	D_nh
			without s_h	with s_d	D_nd
			without s_h	without s_d	D_n
		no n perpendicular to Cn	with s_h		C_nh
			without s_h	with s_v	C_nv
			without s_h	without s_v	C_n
	with S₂ = i				C_i = S₂
	without S₂ = i	with s		C_s = C_1h
	without S₂ = i	no symmetry elemts other than E	C₁

^*The use of "cubic" is restricted to molecules with four three-fold axes