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International Tables for Crystallography (2006). Vol. C. ch. 9.7, pp. 899-901

Table 9.7.1.2 

A. J. C. Wilson,a V. L. Karenb and A. Mighellb

a St John's College, Cambridge CB2 1TP, England, and bNIST Center for Neutron Research, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USA

Table 9.7.1.2 | top | pdf |
Space groups arranged by arithmetic crystal class and degree of symmorphism (Wilson, 1993d[link]), as frequented by homomolecular structures with one molecule in the general position (in superscript numerals; according to Belsky, Zorkaya & Zorky, 1995[link])

(a) Triclinic, monoclinic and orthorhombic systems. The triclinic space groups are a special case, with `degree of symmorphism' undefined, and they are not assigned to any particular column. For *, † see Subsection 9.7.4.1[link].

Arithmetic crystal class Fully symmorphic Tending to symmorphism Equally balanced Tending to antimorphism Fully antimorphic
1P *P1†(90)
[\overline {1}P] *P[{\overline 1}](1796)
2P *P2(0) P21(1327)
2C *C2 †(109)
mP *Pm(0) Pc(58)
mC *Cm(0) Cc(144)
2/mP *P2/m(0) P21/m(0) P21/c(5951)
    P2/c(11)    
2/mC *C2/m(0) C2/c(587)
222P *P222(0) P2221(0) P21212(30) P212121(2795)
222C *C222(0) C2221(11)
222F *F222(0)
222I *I222(0)
    I212121(0)    
mm2P *Pmm2(0) Pma2(0) Pmc21(0) Pca21(153)
      Pcc2(1) Pna21(367)
      Pnc2(1)  
      Pmn21(0)  
      Pba2(1)  
      Pnn2(1)  
mm2C *Cmm2(0) Cmc21(0)
      Ccc2(0)  
2mmC *Amm2(0) Abm2(0)
      Ama2(0)  
      Aba2† (11)  
mm2F     *Fmm2(0) Fdd2†(35)  
mm2I *Imm2(0) Iba2†(14)  
      Ima2(0)  
mmmP *Pmmm(0) Pccm (0) Pnnn (0) Pnna (1) Pbca(827)
  Pmma (0) Pban (0) Pcca (3)  
    Pmna (0) Pbam (0)  
    Pmmn (0) Pccn (37)  
      Pbcm (0)  
      Pnnm (0)  
      Pbcn (60)  
      Pnma (0)  
mmmC *Cmmm(0) Cmma (0) Cmcm (0)
      Cmca (0)  
      Cccm (0)  
      Ccca(0)  
mmmF *Fmmm(0) Fddd(2)
mmmI *Immm(0) Ibam (0)  
      Ibca(0)  
      Imma (0)  

(b) Tetragonal space groups. For *, † see Subsection 9.7.4.1[link].

Arithmetic crystal class Fully symmorphic Tending to symmorphism Equally balanced Tending to antimorphism Fully antimorphic
4P *P4(0) P42(1) P41,3(40)
4I I41(3) *I4(3)
[\overline {4}] P *P[\overline {4}](0)
[\overline {4}] I *I[\overline {4}](7)
4/mP *P4/m(0) P42/m(0) P4/n(1) P42/n(20)
4/mI *I4/m(0) I41/a†(29)
422P *P422(0) P4212(0) P41,3212†(49)
  P4222(0) P41,322(1) P42212(1)  
422I I4122†(0) *I422(0)
4mmP *P4mm(0) P4bm(0) P42cm(0)
      P42nm(0)  
      P4cc(0)  
      P4nc(0)  
      P42mc(0)  
      P42bc(1)  
4mmI *I4mm(0)
      I4cm(0)  
      I41md(0)  
      I41cd(5)  
[\overline {4}]2mP *P[\overline {4}]2m(0) P[\overline {4}]2c(0) P[\overline {4}]21c(12)
    P[\overline {4}]21m(0)    
[\overline {4}]m2P *P[\overline {4}]m2(0) P[\overline {4}]c2(0)
    P[\overline {4}]b2(0)    
    P[\overline {4}]n2(0)    
[\overline {4}]m2I *I[\overline {4}]m2(0) I[\overline {4}]c2†(0)
[\overline {4}]2mI *I[\overline {4}]2m(0) I[\overline {4}]2d(0)
4/mmmP *P4/mmm(0) P4/mcc(0) P4/nbm(0)
  P42/mmc(0) P4/nmm(0) P4/nnc(0)  
  P42/mcm(0)   P4/mbm(0)  
      P4/mnc(0)  
      P4/ncc(0)  
      P42/nbc(0)  
      P42/nnm(0)  
      P42/mbc(0)  
      P42/mnm(0)  
      P42/nmc(0)  
      P42/ncm(0)  
4/mmmI *I4/mmm(0) I4/mcm(0)  
      I41/amd(0)  
      I41/acd(0)  

(c) Trigonal space groups. For *, † see Subsection 9.7.4.1[link].

Arithmetic crystal class Fully symmorphic Tending to symmorphism Equally balanced Tending to antimorphism Fully antimorphic
3P *P3(0) P31,2(33)
3R *R3†(11)
[\overline {3}] P *P[\overline {3}](1)
[\overline {3}] R *R[\overline {3}](30)
312P 321P *P312(0) *P321(0) P31,212†(0) P31,221†(10)
32R *R32†(0)
3m1P 31mP *P3m1(0) *P31m(0) P3c1†(0) P31c(0)
3mR *R3m(0) R3c(7)
[\overline {3}]m1P [\overline {3}]1mP *P[\overline {3}]m1(0) *P[\overline {3}]1m(0) P[\overline {3}]c1†(0) P[\overline {3}]1c(0)
[\overline {3}] mR *R[\overline {3}]m(0) R[\overline {3}]c(0) [\cdots ]

(d) Hexagonal space groups. For *, † see Subsection 9.7.4.1[link].

Arithmetic crystal class Fully symmorphic Tending to symmorphism Equally balanced Tending to antimorphism Fully antimorphic
6P *P6(0) P62,4(1) P63(0) P61,5(22)
[\overline {6}]P *P[\overline {6}](0)
6/mP *P6/m(0) P63/m(0)
622P *P622(0) P62,422(0) P6322(1) P61,522†(2)
6mmP *P6mm(0) P6cc(0)
      P63cm(0) P63mc(0)  
[\overline {6}]m2P [\overline {6}]2mP *P[\overline {6}]m2(0) *P[\overline {6}]2m(0) P[\overline {6}]c2†(0) P[\overline {6}]2c(0)  
6/mmmP *P6/mmm(0) P6/mcc(0)
      P63/mcm(0) P63/mmc(0)  

(e) Cubic space groups. For *, †, see Subsection 9.7.4.1[link]. No examples with one molecule in general position were found, so the frequencies are omitted.

Arithmetic crystal class Fully symmorphic Tending to symmorphism Equally balanced Tending to antimorphism Antimorphic except for 3
23P *P23 P213†
23F *F23†
23I *I23 I213†
m[\overline 3]P *Pm[\overline 3] Pn [\overline 3] Pa[\overline 3 ]
m [\overline 3] F *Fm[\overline 3] Fd[\overline 3]
m [\overline 3] I *Im[\overline 3] Ia[\overline 3]
432P *P432 P4232† P41,332†
432F *F432 F4132†
432I *I432 I4132†
[\overline {4}]3mP *P[\overline {4}]3m P[\overline {4}]3n
[\overline {4}]3mF *F[\overline {4}]3m F[\overline {4}]3c
[\overline {4}]3mI *I[\overline {4}]3m I[\overline {4}]3d
m [\overline {3}] mP *Pm[\overline {3}]m Pm[\overline {3}]n Pn[\overline {3}]m Pn[\overline {3}]n
m [\overline {3}] mF *Fm[\overline {3}]m Fm[\overline {3}]c Fd[\overline {3}]m Fd[\overline {3}]c
[m\overline {3}] mI *Im[\overline {3}]m Ia[\overline {3}]d