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____________ is the reverse of a dehydration reaction, breaks bonds between monomers, and adds a molecule of water.

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Answer:

Hydrolysis is the reverse of a dehydration reaction, breaks bonds between monomers, and adds a molecule of water.

Step-by-step explanation:

Hydrolysis is defined as chemical reaction in which water molecule is added to break compound into two new compounds.

For example hydrolysis of esters gives 1 molecule of alcohol and 1 molecule of carboxylic acid.


RCOOR'+H_2O\overset{H^+}\rightarrow RCOOH+R'OH

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