Is violet light (with a wavelength of 400 nm) sufficiently energetic to break a carbon-carbon single bond

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Is violet light (with a wavelength of 400 nm) sufficiently energetic to break a carbon-carbon single bond (the average C-C bond energy is 346 kJ/mol)?

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Chemistry And Chemical Reactivity

ISBN: 9780357001172

10th Edition

Authors: John C. Kotz, Paul M. Treichel, John Townsend, David Treichel

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