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Problem Page Question It takes to break a carbon-carbon single bond. Calculate the maximum wavelength of light for which a carbon-carbon single bond could be broken by absorbing a single photon.

Answer 1

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It takes 348 kJ/mol to break a carbon-carbon single bond. Calculate the maximum wavelength of light for which a carbon-carbon single bond could be broken by absorbing a single photon. Round your answer to correct number of significant digits

Answer: 344 nm

Explanation:

$E=\frac{Nhc}{\lambda}$

E= energy  = 348kJ= 348000 J  (1kJ=1000J)

N = avogadro's number = $6.023\times 10^{23}$

h = Planck's constant = $6.626\times 10^{-34}Js$

c = speed of light = $3\times 10^8ms^{-1}$

$348000=\frac{6.023\times 10^{23}\times 6.626\times 10^{-34}\times 3\times 10^8}{\lambda}$

$\lambda=\frac{6.023\times 10^{23}\times 6.626\times 10^{-34}\times 3\times 10^8}{348000}$

$\lambda=3.44\times 10^{-7}m=344nm$    $1nm=10^{-9}m$

Thus the maximum wavelength of light for which a carbon-carbon single bond could be broken by absorbing a single photon is 344 nm