• chemistry, a dehydration reaction is a chemical reaction that involves the loss of water from the reacting molecule or ion. Dehydration reactions are common...
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    β-hydroxyketone (an aldol reaction), and this is then followed by dehydration to give a conjugated enone. The overall reaction equation is as follows (where...
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  • Look up dehydration in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Dehydration is the excessive loss of body water. Dehydration or water loss may also refer to other...
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    Carbon snake is a demonstration of the dehydration reaction of sugar by concentrated sulfuric acid. With concentrated sulfuric acid, granulated table sugar...
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    Sulfuric acid (category Dehydrating agents)
    Sulfuric acid is also often used as a dehydrating or oxidizing agent in industrial reactions, such as the dehydration of various sugars to form solid carbon...
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    term of convenience for such a process is "dehydration reaction" (also "condensation reaction" or "dehydration synthesis"). For example, milk sugar (lactose)...
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  • of an active hydrogen compound to a carbonyl group followed by a dehydration reaction in which a molecule of water is eliminated (hence condensation)....
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    then undergo dehydration to give the unsaturated carbonyl compound. The scheme shows a simple mechanism for the base-catalyzed aldol reaction of an aldehyde...
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    explosive compound synthesized by the nitration of urea or by way of a dehydration reaction of urea nitrate. "Nitrourea". CAMEO Chemicals. NOAA. 2.4. Ingersoll...
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    release of a molecule of water (H2O), hence the process is a dehydration synthesis reaction. The formation of the peptide bond consumes energy, which, in...
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