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📅 NSB 2015🎓 HS🔄 Round 13#️⃣ Q16🌟 BONUS📝 Multiple Choice

Consider an arbitrary one-step polar reaction where an electrophile E and a nucleophile N react to form a single adduct. Let HOMO signify highest-occupied molecular orbital, and LUMO signify lowest unoccupied molecular orbital. Which of the following is true?

W) The HOMO of N interacts with the LUMO of E
X) The HOMO of E interacts with the LUMO of N
Y) The HOMO of N interacts with the HOMO of E
Z) The LUMO of N interacts with the LUMO of E
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