Generally, reaction with a solvent, or with a
lyonium ion or
lyate ion involving the rupture of one or more bonds in the reacting solute. More specifically
the term is used for
substitutionelimination and
fragmentation reactions in which a solvent species is the
nucleophile ('
alcoholysis' if the solvent is an alcohol, etc.).
Source:
PAC, 1994, 66, 1077
(Glossary of terms used in physical organic chemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1994))
on page 1165
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).
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J. Jirat, B. Kosata; updates compiled by A. Jenkins. ISBN 0-9678550-9-8.
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