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high-energy bond

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high-energy bond [′hī ‚en·ər·jē ′bänd]
(physical chemistry)
Any chemical bond yielding a decrease in free energy of at least 5 kilocalories per mole.
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But the voodoo lily and other thermogenic plants feature an alternative electron-transfer pathway, which bypasses most of the classical steps that lead to storage of starch-derived energy in high-energy bonds.
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