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What is a dehydration synthesis reaction and an example of it?

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Dehydration synthesis reactions are reactions in which molecules combine by the removal of a H atom and an OH group between them, which together form a molecule of water, H20. Therefore, a new molecule is synthesized while the reacting molecules lose a molecule of water (dehydration) between them.

For example, the formation of maltose (malt sugar) from two molecules of glucose is a dehydration synthesis.

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formation of maltose (malt sugar) from two molecules of glucose

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