This Web page is an introduction to the basics of Group Theory, based upon Professor B.E. Mann's CHM 313 course run in 1998/99. It comprises a brief tutorial of the important points covered by the course, with a list of Group Tables and a flowchart designed to aid the determination of a molecule's point group.
Tutorial Part 1 - Symmetry Operations
Tutorial Part 2 - Point Groups
Tutorial Part 3 - Use of Group Tables
Tutorial Part 4 - Vibrational Spectroscopy
Tutorial Exercises
Point Group Flow Chart
List of Group Tables
Automatic Representation Reducing Utility
Credits and Acknowledgements