Set up and solve the secular determinants for (a) cyclobutadiene in the Hückel p-electron scheme (considering a single p orbital on each carbon); find and order the energy levels and molecular orbitals, and estimate the delocalization energy

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Set up and solve the secular determinants for (a) cyclobutadiene in the Hückel p-electron scheme (considering a single p orbital on each carbon); find and order the energy levels and molecular orbitals, and estimate the delocalization energy

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