Which outcome results when a catalytic metal nanoparticle's surface ligands destabilize frontier orbitals?

💡 Explanation

When surface ligands destabilize frontier orbitals, it promotes orbital mixing, increasing reactivity because this lowers the energy for the rate-determining transition state, therefore enhancing the reaction rate, rather than blocking active sites or increasing activation.

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