How are conjugation and frequency related?

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I see that the more a compund is conjugated, the lower the frequency.But why is this? Like how can I remember this without just blindly memorizing it without any sort of understanding?

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good question. Not sure, on O Chem in Destroyer #42 it asks about bonds vibrating at the highest frequency...
 
Conjugation decreases the frequency required to move an electron up a level - this is because of the increased delocalization with increased conjugation - for more information on the matter research upon the topic of " particle in a box " .
 
this might or might not answer your question. One thing I know is that conjugation leads to more stable molecules, more stable molecules are lower in energy. No idea if this has anything to do with it but if you apply E=hf where E is the electromagnetic energy than E is directly related to frequency.

low E so low f? No idea. Something else I know relates to IR spectroscopy. How it works is that the molecules absorb electromagnetic radiation from IR photons. Which will then give us an absorbance spectrum. The absorbance has to do with vibrational energy of the molecule... higher vibration, more energy is absorbed and lower vibration less energy is absorbed. From my reference book, it shows that C triple bond has a higher absorbance then C double bonds.
 
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