The Hydrolysis of Phosphoenolpyruvate Proceeds with A $\Delta$ G'° of About -62 KJ/mol

question 84

Multiple Choice

The hydrolysis of phosphoenolpyruvate proceeds with a $\Delta$ G'° of about -62 kJ/mol. The greatest contributing factors to this reaction are the destabilization of the reactants by electostatic repulsion and stabilization of the product pyruvate by:

• A) electrostatic attraction.
• B) ionization.
• C) polarization.
• D) resonance.
• E) tautomerization.

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