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Which outcome enhances reactivity when frontier orbitals overlap?

A)Lowered activation energy barrier
B)Increased steric hindrance effects
C)Enhanced solvation shell shielding
D)Reduced transition dipole moment

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A lower activation energy barrier occurs because favorable frontier orbital overlap allows electrons to delocalize into new bonding arrangements through a process called orbital mixing; therefore, a lower barrier, rather than other effects, leads to enhanced reactivity.

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