A carbon-carbon double bond has a length of roughly 1.34A, and the motion of an electron in the bond
can be treated like a particle in a 1D box.
(a) Calculate the energy of an electron in each of its three lowest allowed states if it is confined to move
in a 1D box of length 1.34A.
(b) Sketch the wave functions and the probabilities for finding the electron in the box for each of the three states. Label clearly. (c) Calculate the wavelength of light necessary to excite the electron from its ground state to the first excited state.
