HELP!!!!!!! Please!!! Difference between DEHYDRATION and CONDENSATION

[arri]

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Can someone PLEASE explain the difference between these two reactions, or are they the same? I greatly appreciate the help in advance 🙂 Thanks!!!

 

[Binchen222]

condensation is more specific.
it joins two molecule together by losing H2O.
for example: carboxylic acid + amine --> amide +H2O

dehydration= on the other hand can be more general. it doesnt have to combine to molecule together. all it have to do is lose H2O.

 

[arri]

condensation is more specific.
it joins two molecule together by losing H2O.
for example: carboxylic acid + amine --> amide +H2O

dehydration= on the other hand can be more general. it doesnt have to combine to molecule together. all it have to do is lose H2O.

Thank you!!! Greatly appreciate it.

Do you know what a hydration reaction does?

 

[Binchen222]

add H2O to the molecule/compound. just look at the difference between the reactant and the product. the product will have H2O somewhere