Hydration

In chemistry, hydration is the condition of being combined with water.

Related Topics:
Chemistry - Water

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Hydration can create a hydrate from which water can be reextracted. When hydration occurs in a chemical reaction it is called a hydration reaction, in which water is permanently and chemically combined with a reactant in a way that it can no longer be reextracted.

Related Topics:
Hydrate - Chemical reaction - Hydration reaction

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An example of a hydration reaction is acid-catalyzed hydration of the carbon-carbon double bond in an alkene. H+ and OH- is added via Markovnikov's rule.

Related Topics:
Carbon-carbon double bond - Markovnikov's rule

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Hydration can cause hydrolysis.

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An example of hydrate synthesis is hydration of a carbonyl group.

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Hydration also is used to mean getting water into an organism, usually human. This is important when large amounts of body fluid are lost, such as by sweating.

Related Topics:
Organism - Sweating

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