WEB TUTORIAL - Group Theory

[Re₂Cl₈]^2- Worked Example

It may help to follow this tutorial whilst looking at The Flow Diagram to follow the process of arriving at the point group.

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A C_n axis is any rotation that gives the same configuration. E.g. a rotation of 180° will give a C₂ axis (as can be seen in allene which has 3C₂ axes of rotation).

Below shows two of the possible three allene C₂ axes:

Is there a C_n axis present in [Re₂Cl₈]^2-?
YES
NO