Question

3. Describe and compare dehydration synthesis and hydrolysis. Give an example of a substance formed using each chemical reaction, and describe the specific reaction in each instance.

Answer 1

Hydrolysis let's break it down;

Hydro = water
Lysis = breaking

So we are breaking a molecule down by using water.

Dehydration synthesis

De hydration = removal of water
Synthesis = building up.

We build up a molecule by removing water. Or we start building up a Marco molecule by removal of water.

I'm using the phone app now so I'll draw it out for you to show you how these happen.

Answer 2

Consider we have a carboxylic acid and a amine









we lost water and we joined these two molecules together so (LOSS of water) = dehydration, and SYNTHESIS means we formed a new compound.