Structural symmetry and equivalent atoms Structural symmetry of a molecule can be defined mathematically as a permutation of the atoms that exchanges at least two atoms but does not change the molecule's structure. Two atoms then can be said to be structurally equivalent if there is a structural symmetry that takes one to the other.
Structural symmetry and equivalent atoms Structural symmetry of a molecule can be defined mathematically as a permutation of the atoms that exchanges at least two atoms but does not change the molecule's structure Two atoms then can be said to be structurally equivalent if there is a structural symmetry that takes one to the other