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Which outcome occurs when hybrid orbitals become strained catalysts?

A)Transition state stabilization diminishes
B)Tunneling probability greatly increases
C)Surface area becomes maximized sharply
D)Physisorption energies suddenly decrease

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Strained orbitals distort bond angles, thus the catalyst may become kinetically slower, increasing the activation energy. This occurs because transition state stabilization diminishes due to altered overlap. Therefore, activity decreases rather than tunneling increases, which demands significantly larger energies.

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