A pesticide is any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing and/or destroying plant pathogens. Nitromethane, CH3NO2, is a simple organic compound used as a reactant in organic synthesis in the manufacture of numerous substances, such as pesticides. The bonds illustrated below were observed in its IR spectrum.
a) Nitromethane will absorb 240nm light. Assuming that each nitromethane molecule absorbs 1 photon, how many molecules would it take to absorb 1 kJ of light at 240nm?