Addition reaction
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An addition reaction, in chemistry, is in its simplest terms an organic reaction where two or more molecules combine to form a larger one.
There are two main types of polar addition reactions:
Other non-polar addition reactions exists as well:
Addition reactions are limited to chemical compounds that have multiply-bonded atoms:
- Molecules with carbon-carbon double bonds or triple bonds
- Molecules with carbon - hetero double bonds like C=O or C=N
An addition reaction is the opposite of an elimination reaction. For instance the hydration reaction of an alkene and the dehydration of an alcohol are addition-elimination pairs.
[edit] See also
- Addition reactions are applied in addition polymerization.
| Topics in Organic Reactions |
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Addition reaction | Elimination reaction | Polymerization | Reagents | Rearrangement reaction | Redox reaction | Regioselectivity | Stereoselectivity | Substitution reaction |
| List of organic reactions |
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