1,3,5-Hexatriene (a kind of ‘linear’ benzene) was converted into benzene itself. On the basis of a free-electron molecular orbital model (in which hexatriene is treated as a linear box and benzene as a ring), would you expect the lowest energy absorption to rise or fall in energy as a result of the conversion?

1,3,5-Hexatriene (a kind of ‘linear’ benzene) was converted into benzene itself. On the basis of a free-electron molecular orbital model (in which hexatriene is treated as a linear box and benzene as a ring), would you expect the lowest energy absorption to rise or fall in energy as a result of the conversion?

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Chapter14: Rotational And Vibrational Spectroscopy

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Problem 14.45E: Determine the number of total degrees of freedom and the number of vibrational degrees of freedom...

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