What happen to water during hydrolysis?

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Zachery Moon

8 October, 19:37

What happen to water during hydrolysis?

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Ahmad Figueroa · Answer 1

In a hydrolysis reaction, water (H2O) is added to a bond and cleaves the bond holding molecules together, breaking polymers into 2 pieces. In total, you take a water molecule and split it among the two parts, H + and OH-. These ions get added to either side with the higher affinity for the cation (H+) and anion (OH-).

Brindle · Answer 2

In a hydrolysis reaction, water (H2O) is added to a bond and cleaves the bond holding molecules together, breaking polymers into 2 pieces. In total, you take a water molecule and split it among the two parts, H + and OH-. These ions get added to either side with the higher affinity for the cation (H+) and anion (OH-).