Consider trimethylenemethane below (note: it has four π electrons): (a) Calculate the Huckel MO energy levels. (b) Determine and sketch the corresponding MO wave functions for each energy values. Show that without resorting to the symmetry-based method, it is not possible to obtain all the MO coefficients. (c) Calculate the electron densities of the inner and outer carbons and the relevant bond orders.
Consider trimethylenemethane below (note: it has four π electrons): (a) Calculate the Huckel MO energy levels. (b) Determine and sketch the corresponding MO wave functions for each energy values. Show that without resorting to the symmetry-based method, it is not possible to obtain all the MO coefficients. (c) Calculate the electron densities of the inner and outer carbons and the relevant bond orders.
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