Addition of water or of the elements of water (i.e. H and OH) to a
molecular entity. For example, hydration of ethene:
The term is also used in a more restricted sense for the process:
cf. the use of the term in inorganic/physical chemistry to describe the state of the
ions of an electrolyte in aqueous solution.
Source:
PAC, 1994, 66, 1077
(Glossary of terms used in physical organic chemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1994))
on page 1122
InChI=1/C2H4/c1-2/h1-2H2
InChI=1/H2O/h1H2
InChI=1/C2H6O/c1-2-3/h3H,2H2,1H3
VGGSQFUCUMXWEO-UHFFFAOYAE
XLYOFNOQVPJJNP-UHFFFAOYAF
LFQSCWFLJHTTHZ-UHFFFAOYAB
Cite as:
IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book"). Compiled by
A. D. McNaught and A. Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997).
XML on-line corrected version: http://goldbook.iupac.org (2006-) created by M. Nic,
J. Jirat, B. Kosata; updates compiled by A. Jenkins. ISBN 0-9678550-9-8.
https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.
