Question

What is the name of the process during which a bond between two monomers is broken?

a. condensation
b. dehydration
c. combustion
d. hydrolysis

Answer 1

Answer: D, hydrolysis

Hydrolysis is any chemical reaction in which a molecule of water ruptures one or more chemical bonds. The term is used broadly for substitution, elimination, and fragmentation reactions in which water is the nucleophile.