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What is the point group of SO3?

Updated: 8/9/2023
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C2v was written by a previous answerer. This would nearly be true if the double bound O stayed as a double bond, but that resonates throughout the 3 Os, therefore the symmetry is trigonal planar. So it has a c3 axis but also 3 c2's. therefore it is D3H.

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The SO4 anion is tetrahedral, so its point group is Td.

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