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| View down -6 axis | View perpendicular to -6 axis |
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| View down -6 axis | View perpendicular to -6 axis |
This molecule has a sixfold rotary-inversion axis (which is less easy to spot than the threefold rotation axis), and no other symmetry axes. The presence of the -6 axis automatically implies the presence of a colinear 3 axis perpendicular to a mirror plane.
The point-group symmetry for this molecule is given the crystallographic symbol -6.
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