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Addition reaction
An addition reaction, in chemistry, is in its simplest terms a 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=0 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 a addition-elimination pair.
See also
Application of addition reactions in addition polymerization.
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