Which mechanism reduces activation energy when platinum catalyst promotes ethene hydrogenation?

💡 Explanation

When a platinum catalyst promotes ethene hydrogenation, it lowers the reaction's activation energy by surface adsorption stabilizing the transition state complex because platinum surface interactions lower the net energetic cost. Therefore transition state stabilization results, rather than increased collisions, weakened pi bonds, or shifted equilibrium, which are indirect effects of catalysis.

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