Question #29c2d

1 Answer
Jan 29, 2018

Is it not #"NH"_3#? If you don't see it, draw out the Lewis structures.


Perhaps you should use this website more often. It shows:

http://symmetry.otterbein.edu/

http://symmetry.otterbein.edu/

That is, a #120^@# rotation about the #z# axis returns #"NH"_3# invariant.


On the other hand, #"C"_2"H"_2# and #"CO"_2# belong to the #D_(ooh)# point group, and #"SO"_2# belongs to the #C_(2v)# point group. In english, the first two here have infinite-fold rotation axes along the #z# axis, and the third has a two-fold rotation axis on its #z# axis.

#"C"_2"H"_2#, #D_(ooh)#
https://upload.wikimedia.org/

#"CO"_2#, #D_(ooh)#
https://upload.wikimedia.org/

#"SO"_2#, #C_(2v)#
https://upload.wikimedia.org/

Neither of these point groups contain three-fold rotational axes.

http://symmetry.jacobs-university.de/cgi-bin/group.cgi?group=1001&option=4

http://symmetry.jacobs-university.de/cgi-bin/group.cgi?group=402&option=4