Which outcome during ethylene polymerization results from repulsive forces between molecular orbitals?

💡 Explanation

Polymerization stalls because steric hindrance increases chain termination using antibonding orbitals; the increased repulsion and higher energy configurations prevent further monomer addition. Therefore chain termination increases, rather than continuing propagation, even in favorable conditions.

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