Which outcome occurs when a silica catalyst's Lewis acidic sites insufficiently hybridize?

💡 Explanation

Reduced Brønsted acidity results when insufficient hybridization prevents sufficient electron density shift; this *orbital hybridization* alters surface proton affinity because these sites become less able to donate protons, therefore catalyst activity decreases rather than allowing alternate surface modifications.

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