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← ScienceWhich increased risk results when specific atomic orbitals combine destructively?
A)Reduced drug molecule binding✓
B)Increased polymer chain flexibility
C)Enhanced battery energy density
D)Accelerated mineral weathering rate
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Reduced binding occurs because destructive interference cancels electron density in bonding regions via destructive linear combination of atomic orbitals (LCAO). This weakens intermolecular forces, therefore destabilizing the drug-target complex, rather than enhancing interactions under other orbital arrangements.
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