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Calculations involving molecular orbitals have appeared in the chemical literature over the past few years, but all have used smalltrans-polyenes. We now report extended Huckel molecular orbital calculations ontrans-polyenes of up to 18 double bonds (36 carbons and 38 hydrogen atoms). Information obtained from these calculations include total energies, bond gaps, and net charges on each atom. Also found is that the band gap approaches 1.41 eV as the number of double bonds approaches infinity. This value is quite close to reported experimental values. Data are also presented for polyenes assuming equal C-C bond lengths.
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Conan, R.J., Fernandez, J.E. A molecular orbital study of trans-polyenes to 18 double bonds. Struct Chem 1, 355–359 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01374482
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