Question: Using the answer to problem 3.6 to help you, deduce which symmetry elements are lost on going from (a) BF 3 to BClF 2 (b)

Using the answer to problem 3.6 to help you, deduce which symmetry elements are lost on going from

(a) BF3 to BClF2

(b) BClF2 to BBrClF. 

(c) Which symmetry element (apart from E) is common to all three molecules?


Data from Problem 6

By drawing appropriate diagrams, illustrate the fact that BF3 possesses a 3-fold axis, three 2-fold axes, and four planes of symmetry. Give appropriate labels to these symmetry elements.

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