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The rates of H2 gas consumption (in dm3mol-1s-1) during the hydrogenation of alkenes catalyzed by [Rh(PPh3)3Cl] in benzene at 25 ⁰C are: hexene, 2910; cis-4-methyl-2-pentene, 990; cyclohexene, 3160, 1-methylcyclohexene, 60. Suggest the origin of the trend and identify the affected reaction step in the proposed mechanism.

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