molecular symmetry

Point group images in Laue Classes

Taken from various contributors on the wikipedia molecular symmetry site where possible and missing groups filled in from the
Otterbein University site with the kind permission of Dean Johnston at Otterbein

 
 

Rotational

Semi-direct (I)

Semi-direct (II)

Centred

Cyclic
1-fold

C1
bromoclhorofloromethane

   

C1i

Dibromodichloroethane

Cyclic
2-fold


C2

Hydrazine

 


Thionyl chloride


Thionyl chloride

C2i

Trans-1,2-dichloroethene

Dihedral
2-fold

D2twistane

Twistane



sulpher tetrafluopride



Sulpher tetrafluoride

 



diborane


Diborane

Cyclic
3-fold

phosphoric acidPhosphoric acid

   

C3i
18crown-6)#

Dihedral
3-fold

D3

Delta-tris(oxalato)ferrate(III)

D3a

Cobalt tetracarbonyl hydride

 

Dicobalt-octacarbonyl-non-bridged-D3d

Dicobalt-octacarbonyl-
non-bridged

Cyclic
4-fold

C4C4-tetraazacopper(II)#

 

Tetrasulfur-tetranitride


Tetrasulfur-tetranitride

tetraazidocopper

tetraazidoCopper(II)#

Dihedral
4-fold

tetrathiocyclododecane


tetrathiacyclododecane#

D4a


Xenon-oxytetrafluoride

Tetraflourospiropentene

tetrafluorospiropentane

D4i

Octachlorodirhenate(III)

Cyclic
5-fold

cyclic-5-fold

Fe(Me5-Cp)

    zzz

Dihedral
5-fold

Twistane
Twisted-ferrocene#

C5a
CpNi(NO)

 

Ferrocene
Staggered Ferrocene

Cyclic
6-fold

alphacyclo

alphacyclodextrin

 

boric acid


boric acid

c6i

Hexakis(Me2N)benzene #

Dihedral
6-fold

D6example

bis(benzene)chromium#

gallium

gallium(n6-C6Me6)#

Phosphorus-pentachloride

Phosphorus-pentachloride

benzene
Benzene(D6h)#

Dihedral
8-fold

xxx zzz

Cyclooctasulfur

Cyclooctasulphur

UranoceneUranocene

Dihedral
10-fold

zzz zzz

-Cyclopentadienide

Cyclopentadienide

zzz

Dihedral
14-fold

    D14b

 

Dihedral
Infinite

 

nitrous oxide

nitrous oxide

 

Carbon dioxide

carbon dioxide

Tetrahedral

tetrahedral

[Ca(THF)6]2+#

   

Fe-complex
Fe(H20)6 complex

Octahedral

octahedral

[V6P8O24]-core#

  methane

Methane(Td)#

Oi
molybdenum heexacarbonyl