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(C1)

    

C1i

Dibromodichloroethane (Ci)

Cyclic
2-fold


C2

Hydrazine (C2)

  


Thionyl chloride


Thionyl chloride (Cs)

C2i

Trans-1,2-dichloroethene (C2h)

Dihedral
2-fold
D2twistane

Twistane (D2)



sulpher tetrafluopride



Sulpher tetrafluoride (C2v)

  



diborane


Diborane (D2h)

Cyclic
3-fold

phosphoric acidPhosphoric acid(C3)

    

C3i
18crown-6 (S6)#

Dihedral
3-fold

D3

Delta-tris(oxalato)ferrate(III) (D3)

D3a

Cobalt tetracarbonyl hydride (C3v)

  

Dicobalt-octacarbonyl-non-bridged-D3d

Dicobalt-octacarbonyl-
non-bridged-D3d

Cyclic
4-fold

C4C4-tetraazacopper(II)(C4)#

  

Tetrasulfur-tetranitride


Tetrasulfur-tetranitride(S4)

tetraazidocopper

tetraazidoCopper(II)(C4h)#

Dihedral
4-fold

tetrathiocyclododecane


tetrathiacyclododecane(D4)#

D4a


Xenon-oxytetrafluoride (C4v)

Tetraflourospiropentene

tetrafluorospiropentane (D2d)

D4i

Octachlorodirhenate(III) (D4h)

Cyclic
5-fold

cyclic-5-fold

Fe(Me5-Cp)(P5)

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Dihedral
5-fold

Twistane
Twisted-ferrocene(D5)#

C5a
CpNi(NO) (D5v)

  

Ferrocene
Staggered Ferrocene (D5d)

Cyclic
6-fold

alphacyclo

alphacyclodextrin(C6)

  

boric acid


boric acid (C3h)

c6i

Hexakis(Me2N)benzene (C6h)#

Dihedral
6-fold

D6example

bis(benzene)chromium(D6)#

gallium

gallium(n6-C6Me6)(C6v)#

Phosphorus-pentachloride

Phosphorus-pentachloride

benzene
Benzene(D6h)#

Dihedral
8-fold

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Cyclooctasulfur

Cyclooctasulphur(D4d)

UranoceneUranocene

Dihedral
10-fold

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-Cyclopentadienide

Cyclopentadienide

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Dihedral
14-fold

     D14b

 

Dihedral
Infinite

  

nitrous oxide

nitrous oxide

  

Carbon dioxide

carbon dioxide

Tetrahedral

tetrahedral

[Ca(THF)6]2+(T)#

    

Fe-complex
Fe(H20)6 complex(Ti)

Octahedral

octahedral

[V6P8O24]-core (O)#

   methane

Methane(Td)#

Oi
molybdenum heexacarbonyl (Oh)