BRAINCAKENucleophilic Substitution - Hydrolysis
The addition of water can be used to break a bond and split a molecule into 2 products. This is called hydrolysis. The mechanism of hydrolysis is nucleophilic substitution. The halogen atom is replaced by an OH group converting the halogenoalkane to an alcohol.
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Key terms in this lesson
- hydrolysis
- The breaking of a covalent bond by reaction with water, or with hydroxide ions in alkaline hydrolysis.
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