What is hydrolysis

The chemical process of cleavage of a compound into two or more simpler compounds. The H and OH portions of the water molecule are involved in the reaction on either side of the cleaved chemical bond. For example, fats are hydrolyzed under the action of acids, bases, and lipases to produce glycerol and fatty acids or smaller molecules. Disciplines: Biochemistry and molecular biology (first level); Lipids (second level) This content is validated and published by the National Committee for the Validation of Scientific and Technical Nomenclature

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Hydrolysis is a chemical unit process that uses water to break down a substance to form a new substance. The reaction in which ions ionized by salt combine with H+ and OH- ionized by water to form weak electrolyte molecules. The reaction that occurs between a substance and water that results in the decomposition of the substance (not necessarily a complex decomposition reaction) can also be said to be whether or not the substance reacts with hydrogen ions or hydroxide ions in the water.

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Lye Hydrolysis Definition

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Hydrolysis of salts consisting of weak acid radicals or weak base ions occurs in two ways: Stepwise hydrolysis of carbonate ions

① Weak acid radicals combine with H+ in water to form a weak acid, and the solution becomes alkaline, e.g., an aqueous solution of sodium acetate: CH3COO- + H2O ←═→ CH3COOH + OH- ② weak alkali ions and OH- in water, the solution is acidic, such as ammonium chloride aqueous solution: NH4 + H2O ← ═→ NH3-H2O + H+ weak acid (or base) acid (or base) the weaker the weak acid (or alkali), the weaker the weak acid root (or weak alkali ions), the stronger the tendency to hydrolyze. For example, sodium borate has a stronger tendency to hydrolyze than sodium acetate, and the former has a greater pH when the solutions are of the same concentration. The acidity or alkalinity of a solution of a weak acid or weak base salt depends on the strength of the hydrolytic tendency of the weak acid radical[1] and the weak base ion. For example, ammonium bicarbonate has a stronger tendency to hydrolyze weak acids than weak base ions, and the solution is alkaline; ammonium fluoride has a stronger tendency to hydrolyze weak base ions, and the solution is acidic; if the two have the same tendency to hydrolyze, the solution is neutral, which is an individual case, such as ammonium acetate. The hydrolysis of weak acid and weak base salts has a greater degree of hydrolysis and the pH of the solution is closer to 7 (at room temperature) than the hydrolysis of the corresponding strong acid and weak base salts or strong base and weak acid salts. For example, 0.10 mol/L Na2CO3 hydrolysis is 4.2%, pH 11.6, while the same concentration of (NH4)2CO3 hydrolysis is 92%, pH 9.3. Esters, polysaccharides, proteins, etc. and water to generate a simpler substance, but also hydrolysis: CH3COOC2H5 + H2O -→ CH3COOH + C2H5OH (C6H105OH). C2H5OH (C6H10O5)n + nH2O -→ nC6H12O6 Certain salts that can be hydrolyzed are used as acids (e.g. aluminum sulfate) or bases (e.g. sodium carbonate).

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The reaction process in which water reacts with another compound and the compound decomposes into two parts, with hydrogen atoms in the water added to one of the hydrolyzed

parts and hydroxyl groups added to the other, thus giving two or more new compounds. More industrial applications are the hydrolysis of organic substances, mainly the production of alcohols and phenols. Hydrolysis is the reverse of neutralization or esterification. The hydrolysis of most organic compounds is difficult to be carried out with water alone. Depending on the nature of the hydrolyzed substance, the hydrolyzing agent can be an aqueous solution of sodium hydroxide, dilute or concentrated acid, or sometimes an aqueous solution of potassium hydroxide, calcium hydroxide, sodium bisulfite, etc. This is called alkaline hydrolysis. This is the so-called alkali hydrolysis and acid hydrolysis. Hydrolysis can be intermittent or continuous operation, the former is often carried out in the kettle reactor, the latter is mostly used in the tower reactor. There are four typical types of hydrolysis.

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There are four types of typical hydrolysis. ① Halide hydrolysis Usually use aqueous sodium hydroxide as hydrolyzing agent, the reaction formula is as follows: Hydrolysis

R-X+NaOH-→R-OH+NaX Ar-X+2NaOH-→Ar-ONa+NaX+H2O The formula R, Ar, and X represent alkyl, aryl, and halogen, respectively. Halogen on the aliphatic chain is generally more active, can be hydrolyzed under milder conditions, such as benzyl chloride from benzyl benzoate; aryl ring halogen activated by the neighboring or para-nitro, hydrolysis is easier to carry out, such as p-nitrophenol from p-nitrochlorobenzene system sodium. ② arylsulfonate hydrolysis is usually not easy to carry out, must first be fused by alkali, that is, with molten sodium hydroxide at high temperatures and sodium arylsulfonate role of sodium phenol, the latter can be hydrolyzed to generate phenol by adding acid. Such as naphthalene - 2 - sodium sulfonate in 300 ~ 340 ℃ atmospheric pressure alkali melting and hydrolysis of 2 - naphthalene phenol. Some arylsulfonates also need to use a mixture of sodium hydroxide and potassium hydroxide as a reactant for alkaline fusion. When the arylsulfonate is more active, the aqueous solution of sodium hydroxide can be used at a lower temperature for alkali fusion. Hydrolysis of amines Fatty amines and aryl amines are generally not easy to hydrolyze. Aromatic amines are usually first diazotized in dilute sulfuric acid to generate diazonium salt, and then heated to make the diazonium salt hydrolysis. Reaction formula is as follows: Ar-NH2+NaNO2+2H2SO4-→Ar-N Sledge HSO񐐄+NaHSO4+2H2O Ar-N Sledge HSO񐐄+H2O-→ArOH+H2SO4+N2 For example, from the o-aminoanisole system of o-hydroxyanisole (guaiacol). Direct hydrolysis of the amino group on the aryl ring is mainly used for the preparation of 1-naphthol derivatives, because they are sometimes not easy to produce by other synthetic routes. According to the structure of the aryl amine can be hydrolyzed with base, acid or sodium bisulfite solution. For example, 1-naphthol-5-sulfonic acid from 1-naphthylamine-5-sulfonic acid is hydrolyzed by sodium bisulfite. Hydrolysis of ④ ester Hydrolysis of oil and grease by adding alkali hydrolysis can be obtained high-carbon fatty acid sodium (soap) and glycerol; the system of fatty acids to be added to the acid emulsion hydrolysis. Low-carbon olefin and concentrated sulfuric acid action of alkyl sulfate ester, by adding acid hydrolysis can get low carbon alcohol.

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Positive salt is divided into four categories: First, strong acid and alkali salts do not hydrolyze, because they are ionized out of the anion and cationic ionization hydrolysis

Subcons can not disrupt the ionization equilibrium of the water, so it is neutral. Second, strong acid weak base salt, we call the weak base part of the weak Yang, weak base ions can hold the ionization of hydroxide ions from the water, destroying the ionization balance of water, making the ionization of water positively moving, as a result, the hydrogen ion concentration in the solution is greater than the concentration of hydroxide ions, so that the aqueous solution is acidic. Third, the strong alkali weak acid salt, we call the weak acid part of the weak yin, the same weak yin holding the hydrogen ion ion ionized from water, making the solution hydroxide ion concentration is greater than the hydrogen ion concentration, making the solution alkaline. Fourth, weak acid weak base salt, weak acid part of the hold hydrogen, weak base part of the hold hydroxide, generate two weak electrolytes, and then compare the size of their ionization constants Ka, Kb value (not the size of the degree of hydrolysis), at a temperature of the weak electrolyte ionization constants (also known as the ionization equilibrium constant) is a fixed value, this comparison can be derived from the salt of what is presented to the sex of the person who is strong to present who is the sex of the ionization constants are based on the bottom of 10! The ionization constant is a negative logarithm, and whoever is less negative is greater. In a word, the salt solution of anions and cations holding the water from the ionization of hydrogen ions or hydroxide ions can generate a weak electrolyte reaction called hydrolysis of salts. There are also hydrolysis of organic substances, such as the hydrolysis of esters, ester and water reaction (under the condition of inorganic acid or alkali) to generate the corresponding carboxylic acid and alcohol reaction is called the hydrolysis of esters, there is also alkaline hydrolysis of halogenated hydrocarbons, the reaction of ethyl bromide and sodium hydroxide solution to generate ethanol and sodium bromide is called the hydrolysis of haloalkanes, as well as the hydrolysis of proteins, the end product of amino acids, and so on.

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Hydrolysis reactions

(1) the hydrolysis of salts containing weakly acidic anions and weakly alkaline cations, for example: Fe3++3H2O=Fe(OH)3+3H+, CO32-+H2O=HCO3-+OH- (2) the hydrolysis of metal nitrides, for example: Mg3N2+6H2O=3Mg(OH)2 +2NH3 (3) the hydrolysis of metal sulfides, for example: Al2S3 +6H2O = 2Al (OH) 3 +3H2S (4) the hydrolysis of metal carbides, for example: CaC2 +2H2O = Ca (OH) 2 + C2H2 (5) the hydrolysis of non-metallic halide, for example: PCl3 +3H2O = H3PO3 +3HCl Such reactions are mostly water molecules attack halogenated Atoms, but there are exceptions, such as the hydrolysis of NCl3: NCl3 + 3H2O = NH3 + 3HClO The reaction of water molecules attacking nitrogen atoms

Substitution reaction

(hydrolysis reaction) (organic reaction) 1. halogenated hydrocarbons in aqueous solutions of strong alkalis hydrolyzed, for example: CH3CH2-Cl + H-OH - △ → NaOH Hydrolysis of sodium alcohol, e.g. CH3CH2ONa+H2O=CH3CH2OH+NaOH 3. Hydrolysis of esters in aqueous solutions of acids and bases, e.g. CH3COOCH2CH3+H2O-∆H→CH3COOH+CH3CH2OH CH3COOCH2CH3+NaOH=∆ H2O=CH3CH2OH+H2O-∆H→NaOH NaOH=△ H2O=CH3COONa+CH3CH2OH 4. Hydrolysis of disaccharides and polysaccharides, e.g., hydrolysis of starch: (C6H10O5)n+nH2O→nC6H12O6(glucose) 5. Hydrolysis of dipeptides and polypeptides, e.g., H2NCH2CONHCH2COOH+H2O→2H2NCH2COOH 6. Hydrolysis of imines ArCH=N-Ph-H20 H+ →ArCHO+PhNH2 Note: The above reactions "=" are reversible symbols (except for the hydrolysis of lipids in alkali reaction), the hydrolysis product is very small, do not have to be labeled as a precipitate or gas.

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Since man first walked the earth, human remains have usually been buried or cremated. However, there is now an innovative approach that is attracting interest - using lye to hydrolyze the body, turning it into a brown syrupy substance that can just be flushed down the drain. The process is called alkaline hydrolysis, and the technique was developed in the United States 16 years ago, primarily for the disposal of animal carcasses. By heating the lye in a huge stainless steel cylinder like a pressure cooker to 300 degrees, and then pressurizing it to 60 pounds per square inch, the carcass can be hydrolyzed. It is currently used only by U.S. medical centers to dispose of human corpses -- all the remains of donors used for research. Because of its environmental advantages, some funeral homes say it will one day trump burial and cremation. However, getting the public to accept the method may be the biggest challenge, and it can be scary for some. This is because psychopaths and dictators use acid or alkali to torture or kill their victims. As a result, the rise of this method has caused a lot of controversy in the American society, where some parts of the country have legally banned the use of this method. However, in the States of Minnesota and New Hampshire, where alkali hydrolysis is legal, some funeral directors are eagerly promoting the practice. The hydrolyzed coffee-colored liquid reportedly has the consistency of motor oil and a strong odor of ammonia. But proponents say it's decontaminated and safe to go down the drain if done properly. Moreover, alkaline hydrolysis does not take up as much space for burials and cremations, and reduces waste emissions - including carbon dioxide and mercury - that are a major concern for crematoriums. Two University of Florida sites have been using alkali hydrolysis to dissolve animal carcasses since 2005 and the mid-1990s, respectively. American Biosafety, which manufactures the cylinders, estimates that about 40-50 hospitals use their equipment to dispose of medical waste and animal carcasses. Users include veterinary colleges, universities, pharmaceutical companies, and U.S. government agencies.