Estimate the electron transition energy and wavelength of decapentaene using the particle-in-a-box model.  Assume that decapentaene is a ten-carbon polyene dye that can be modeled as a box of length 15.1 Å.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Transition energy  = _______________________________________.

 

Transition wavelength = _______________________________________.