・Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) develop tables similar to the periodic table of elements but for molecules.
・Their approach could be used for predicting novel stable substances and creating useful materials.
Orbital patterns for different structural symmetries
The proposed model accounts for orbital patterns obeying certain rules for many types of symmetries. Although a sphere has the highest geometrical symmetry, there is no real polyatomic species with a spherical symmetry.
A periodic table for various types of tetrahedral molecules
In the proposed framework, there would be sets of tables for each type of symmetry organized according to four parameters: groups and periods (number of electrons), families (number of constituting atoms), and species (type of constituting elements).
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