Subject Code: CY5L008 Subject Name: Group Theory and Spectroscopy L-T-P: 3-1-0 Credit: 4
Prerequisite(s): Nil
The concept of groups, symmetry operations and symmetry elements in molecules, matrix representations of symmetry operations, point groups, relations between orders of a finite group and its subgroup irreducible representations and character tables. Orthogonality theorem and its importance. Application of group theory to atomic orbitals in ligand fields, molecular orbitals, hybridization, classification of normal vibrational modes, selection rules in electronic, vibrational, rotational and Raman spectroscopy, Woodward-Hoffman rules.

Text/ Reference Books:
  1. Cotton F. A. Chemical Applications of Group Theory, John Wiley & Sons.
  2. Rakshit S. C. Symmetry Theory: Principles, Molecules and Atoms: Problems and Solutions For Chemists, Sarat Book House.
  3. Carter R. L. Molecular Symmetry and Group Theory, John Wiley & Sons.
  4. Bishop D. M. Group Theory and Chemistry, Dover Publications.
  5. Vincent A. Molecular symmetry and group theory: a programmed introduction to chemical  applications, Wiley.