513.001 Molecular and Solid State Physics

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Butadiene

A butadiene molecule contains four carbon atoms.

(a) How are the carbon atoms hybridized? sp? sp²? sp³?

(b) Where are the σ-bonds and π-bonds located in this molecule?

(c) How coud the energies of the molecular orbitals be calculated?