Timeline for Why does dehydration absorb energy and hydrolysis release energy?
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| Nov 8 at 22:28 | comment | added | Karsten♦ | @Andrew Excellent point, and that would be another factor driving hydrolysis. And you provide a fix as well - look at it in a solution with pH of, say, 3. | |
| Nov 8 at 22:26 | comment | added | Andrew | Your example might be a bit confusing, since in aqueous non-acidic solution, the subsequent partial deprotonation of the propanoic acid changes the result and your statement that the bonds broken and made are the same. | |
| Nov 8 at 4:04 | history | answered | Karsten♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |