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← ScienceWhich consequence results when steric hindrance restricts orbital hybridization?
A)Reduced reaction rate constant✓
B)Increased solvation shell formation
C)Enhanced fluorescence quantum yield
D)Elevated vibrational mode frequency
💡 Explanation
Steric hindrance blocks the optimal alignment of reactant molecules for ideal sp3 orbital overlap, leading to a lower energy transition state by destabilizing the intermediate, and therefore decreasing reaction rate constant, rather than other photophysical or solvation effects.
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