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• 0. Opening remarks1. A chemist's view of group theory1-1. Introduction1-2. Symmetry Operations and Molecules1-3. Groups1-4. Point Groups1.5. Classification of Molecules into Point Groups1-6. Matrix Representation of Symmetry Operations1-7. Characters and Character Tables1-8. Decomposition of Reducible Representations and the Direct ProductAdditional ProblemsRelated Reading2. A skirmish with quantum mechanics2-1. Introduction2-2. Light2-3. The Postulates of Quantum Mechanics2-4. Some Simple Illustrations from Quantum MechanicsRelated Reading3. Vibrational spectroscopy3-1. Introduction3-2. Infrared and Raman Spectra3-3. Diatomic Molecules3-4. Transitions between Stationary States3-5. The Normal Modes of Vibration of Polyatomic Molecules3-6. Selection Rules and Polarization3-7. Symmetry Coordinates and Normal Modes3-8. Stretching Mode Analysis3-9. Assignment of Real Spectra3-10. The Resonance Raman Effect3.-11 Functional Group AnalysisAdditional ProblemsRelated Reading4. Molecular orbital theory4-1 Introduction4-2 Atoms4-3 Photoelctron Spectroscopy4-4 The LCAO Molecular Orbital Method4-5 Diatomic Molecules4-6 Polyatomic Molecules4-7 The Hückel Method4-8 Transition Metal ComplexesAdditional ProblemsRelated Reading5. Electronic spectroscopy5-1 Introduction5-2 Another Look at Molecular Vibrations5-3 Basic Notions5-4 Selection Rules5-5 The Electronic Spectra of Some Diatomic Molecules5-6 The Fate of Absorbed Energy5-7 "Single Bonds, Double Bonds, and Lone Pairs"5-8 Vibronic Analysis5-9 Transition Metal Complexes5-10 Concluding RemarksAdditional ProblemsRelated ReadingAppendicesA. Character tablesB. Direct productsC. Overtones of degenerate vibrationsD. The shapes of atomic orbitalsE. Physical constantsF. Energy conversionsG. Answers to problemsIndex