Here butadiene denotes the 1,3-butadiene molecule, with formula . It supplies a concrete ultraviolet absorption example: a photon can promote an Electron between molecular orbitals with the appropriate energy separation. [ref]
https://openstax.org/books/organic-chemistry/pages/14-7-ultraviolet-spectroscopy. John McMurry, ultraviolet absorption by butadiene
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