Questions tagged [hydrolysis]
Hydrolysis refers to any reaction with water. For example, it may be said that ammonia hydrolyzes in water to produce ammonium ion and hydroxide ion.
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What makes C=O more stable that C(OH)₂
When there are $2$ hydroxy groups on same carbon, they tend to undergo dehydration ( of course with exceptions like chloral where $\ce H$ bonding prevails).
Why does this happen? We are breaking a ...
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Is magnesium sulfate basic, neutral or acidic?
A question in my college test was whether $\ce{MgSO4}$ is neutral, acidic or basic. I was told to solve this kind of problem by hydrolyzing any ions that do not "come from" a strong acid or a strong ...
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Why can NCl3 be hydrolyzed but CCl4 cannot?
While explaining why $\ce{CCl4}$ cannot be hydrolyzed, we say carbon atom doesn't have any d-orbitals and therefore a water molecule (lone pair electrons of $\ce{O}$ atom) cannot form coordinate bond ...
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Relative rate of hydrolysis of the carbon chlorine bond in thioethers and ethers
I am solving problems based on rates of hydrolysis of compounds but I don't have a general approach to such questions.
Which of the following compounds undergoes hydrolysis faster than the second ...
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Why does sodium react with water to produce a hydroxide, while zinc produces an oxide?
Sodium belongs to the so-called active metals and produces a hydroxide on contact with water. Zinc produces an oxide. Why is it so?
I was given a hint: to read up about electrochemical series. I've ...
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Why are silyl chlorides more readily hydrolysed than alkyl chlorides?
I know that the $\ce{Si-Cl}$ bond has a slightly higher energy, but silyl chlorides are much more readily hydrolyzed compared to alkyl chlorides. I do not fully understand why that is. My thoughts so ...
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Hydrolysis of salt
The hydrolysis of salt tells you whether a salt is acidic or basic. But it does not tell you how acidic or basic a salt is. Is there a way to determine this?
My guess is that taking of the weak base ...
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SN1 like reaction acid-cataylzed hydrolysis of epoxide [closed]
What would be the reaction mechanism for the reaction between epoxide and $\ce{H2SO4}$?
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Mechanism for basic hydrolysis of α-chloronitrile to ketone?
In Corey's 1969 prostaglandin synthesis,1 compound 2 is formed from compound 1 by:
[...] treatment with 2.5 equiv of potassium hydroxide (added as a hot saturated aqueous solution) in dimethyl ...
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Why is ATP, but not ADP or AMP, a sole source of energy?
Why are three phosphate groups (such as in ATP) required for release of energy, but not two (ADP) or one (AMP) phosphates? How does breaking the phosphate bond release energy?
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Rate of hydrolysis of silicon tetrahalides
Concise Inorganic Chemistry for JEE(Main and Advanced) by JD Lee(Third Edition) writes
If we compare the rate of hydrolysis for $\ce{SiX4}$(where X= F,Cl,Br,I), it is in the same order as that of ...
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Rates of hydrolysis in bicyclic and monocyclic compounds
Which of the following compounds, 1-bromo-1-methylcyclohexane 1 or 1-bromobicyclo[2.2.2]octane 2, hydrolyzes faster (under comparable conditions)? It may be acid catalyzed or base catalyzed hydrolysis,...
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How is it possible, that the hydrolysis of ethers proceed via a SN2 mechanism?
Ethers on hydrolysis with dilute $\ce{H2SO4}$ under pressure produce alcohols.
This is basically a type of acidic cleavage of ethers by the SN2 mechanism.
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There is inversion of ...
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Hydrolysis of vinyl bromide vs alkyl chloride
Which of the following compounds, 1-bromocyclopent-1-ene 1 or chlorocyclopentane 2, hydrolyses faster than the second under comparable conditions? It may be acid catalysed or base catalyzed hydrolysis ...
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What will form in the hydrolysis of urea in urine?
I just wanna know what is the end product of hydrolysis of urea in urine. I know that the hydrolysis of urea will form ammonia and a subsequent rise in pH but will the ammonia react with the water ...
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Hydrolysis of 3,4-dihydropyran
In the 3,4-dihydropyran shown below will the oxygen or the pi electrons of the double bond attack the hydrogen cation during hydrolysis and why?
This is my attempt towards a solution: The oxygen ...
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How to separate nylon 66 salt (hexamethylenediammonium adipate) into adipic acid and hexamethylenediamine?
After hydrolyzing nylon 66 in water (neutral hydrolysis) in a batch autoclave reactor, the resulting solution contains the organic salt hexamethylenediammonium adipate.
Is there any way to precipitate ...
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Why doesn't an acid-base reaction occur in basic amide hydrolysis instead of nucleophilic acyl substitution?
In the reaction of Grignard reagent with a primary and secondary amide, nucleophilic acyl substiution doesn't happen. The reason given is that R- is a strong base as well as strong nucleophile, an ...
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Are all hydrolysis reactions non-redox reactions? [closed]
Are all hydrolysis reactions always non redox reactions? For example:
$$\ce{N2O3 + 2H2O -> 2HNO2}$$
The main reason I say that this statement is correct is because oxygen and hydrogen generally ...
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Hydrolysis of transition metals' halides?
So, it's a relatively common known solubility rule that any hydroxide with a cation not in the first two groups is basically insoluble. So supposing we have a transition or post-transition metal $M$ ...
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How does sodium carbonate raise pH?
Sodium carbonate is used in pools to raise pH. From my understanding, it would dissociate in water like so:
$$\ce{Na2CO3 <=> 2 Na+ + CO3^2-}$$
To raise pH, doesn't it have to absorb hydrogen ...
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Aluminum nitride hydrolysis [closed]
I wanted to ask some reference about aluminum nitride hydrolysis in water.
Specifically I would like to know if there is the formation of radicals or of some other reactive species.
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