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What is Schoenflies symbol?

Definition 4.13 University Chemistry — Year 3 · Chapter 4 — Symmetry and Point Groups

A point group is named by its Schoenflies symbol: CnC_n (one CnC_n axis), CnvC_{nv} (adding nn vertical planes), CnhC_{nh} (adding σh\sigma_h), DnD_n (adding nn C2C_2 axes perpendicular to CnC_n), DnhD_{nh} and DndD_{nd} (adding σh\sigma_h, or nn dihedral planes, to DnD_n), S2nS_{2n}, the cubic groups TdT_d, OhO_h, IhI_h of the tetrahedron, octahedron and icosahedron, and CsC_s, CiC_i, C1C_1 for molecules with only a mirror plane, only an inversion centre, or nothing at all. Linear molecules belong to C∞vC_{\infty v} or D∞hD_{\infty h}.

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