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.
water

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sigmav is in the same plane as the highest axis of rotation and passes through the bonds of the molecule. In the case of water there is a plane of symmetry through all of the bonds as shown:

benzene sigma h

Is there a sigmav plane of symmetry present?
YES
NO