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← ScienceWhich outcome is observed when electron wave function overlap increases?
A)Bonding orbital stabilization is subsequently favored.✓
B)Antibonding orbital destabilization dominates strongly.
C)Electron correlation effects become negligible.
D)Orbital hybridization contributes minimally overall.
💡 Explanation
Increased overlap of electron wave functions leads to constructive interference, because this increases electron density between nuclei via orbital hybridization. The **linear combination of atomic orbitals** therefore results in lower total energy rather than destabilization, and correlation is not lessened by wave function modifications
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