According to free-electron molecular orbital theory, the electrons in molecular are regarded as independent particle that in a box with the length L. (a)Draw two molecular orbital shape occupied at butadiene predicted by this model and predict the minimum excitation energy of the molecular. Tetraene can be considered a box with the length 8R, R is 140pm. (b)Calculate the minimum excitement energy and draw

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According to free-electron molecular orbital theory, the electrons in molecular are regarded as independent particle that in a box with the length L.
(a)Draw two molecular orbital shape occupied at butadiene predicted by this model and predict the minimum excitation energy of the molecular.

Tetraene can be considered a box with the length 8R, R is 140pm.
(b)Calculate the minimum excitement energy and draw HOMO and LUMO.

please explain the problem (a) and (b).

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