Can anyone explain me about hydrolysis?
Hydrolysis, in chemistry and physiology, a double decomposition reaction with water as one of the reactants. Thus, if a compound is represented by the formula AB in which A and B are atoms or groups and water is represented by the formula HOH, the hydrolysis reaction may be represented by the reversible chemical equation AB + HOH ⇌ AH + BOH. The reactants other than water, and the products of hydrolysis, may be neutral molecules—as in most hydrolyses involving organic compounds—or ionic molecules, as in hydrolyses of salts, acids, and bases.
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Can anyone explain me about hydrolysis?
Hydrolysis literally means reaction with water. It is a chemical process in which a molecule is cleaved into two parts by the addition of a molecule of water. One fragment of the parent molecule gains a hydrogen ion (H + ) from the additional water molecule. The other group collects the remaining hydroxyl group (OH -)
Can anyone explain me about hydrolysis?
Hydro means water and lysis means breaking...
•Breaking of water molecule is called Hydrolysis
》During light reaction in photosynthesis,hydrolysis takes place
H2O---->H2+OH-
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