The pentadienyl radical, H2C“CH¬CH“CH¬CH2#, has its unpaired electron delocalized over three carbon atoms.  How many nodes are there in the lowest-energy MO of the pentadienyl system? How many in the highest-energy MO?

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The pentadienyl radical, H2C“CH¬CH“CH¬CH2
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, has its unpaired electron delocalized over three carbon atoms.
  How many nodes are there in the lowest-energy MO of the pentadienyl system? How many in the highest-energy MO?

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