Symmetry & Group Theory for Chemists

The students of chemistry have access a variety of excellent books dealing with the applications of the techniquesof group theory for solving chemical problems. Most of the books are too advance for the beginners. It is hoped that this book will help them for having a firm grip of the subject matter. The book contains not only the symmetry of the molecules but also that of crystals. The idea of space group is introduced along with idea of the point group as the space group for crystals is often neglected in introductory textbooks. Simple mnemonic device is also introduced for introduced for understanding the molecular orbital energy levels for certain cyclic and acyclic systems. Hopefully, i belive that after grasping the ideas presented here, the learners will be comprehensive textbooks listed in the bibliograqphy which is by no means exhaustive.