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Seem to have answered my own question (partially): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodward-Fieser_rules http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromophore But I still don't understand why a molecule seems to act as a single entity and each atom doesn't absorb its own characteristic wavelength. Can someone...

When scientists analyze proteins (chains of amino acids), often times light spectroscopy is used. Light is passes through a cuvet containing dissolved protein, and the absorption is measured. My question is: How do bonds absorb energy? What is the actual mechanism? I have been told that the...