Category: Symmetry and Point Groups

Watch this video for a refresher on VSEPR Theory

This chart from Washington University in St. Louis is a great resource for additional help with molecular geometries, which is critical in assigning the correct point groups to molecules.

This flowchart from the Otterbein symmetry website includes every point group, including some very rare, very high symmetry examples such as I, O, and T_h.

https://symotter.org/assets/flowchart.pdf

An overview website containing a variety of interactive symmetry tools.

http://www.reciprocalnet.org/edumodules/symmetry/index.html

A large collection of rotatable, interactive structures. From small molecules to metallic or ionic solids, this collection may have the molecule you are trying to see in 3D.

http://www.chemtube3d.com

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Otterbein University Symmetry Resources

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