What is a #"centre of symmetry"?#

1 Answer
Sep 11, 2017

A centre of symmetry is a point or axis on the molecule of interest that allows symmetry operations.......rotation, reflection, and rotary inversion.

Explanation:

And a symmetry operation is a rotation or inversion around a point or thru an axis, that gives a species identical to that which existed before the operation was performed. There are whole texts devoted to molecular symmetry, and a whole branch of mathematics, Group Theory, that stands in as the background to symmetry operations.