Acid hydrolysis
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Acid hydrolysis is a chemical process in which acid is used to convert cellulose or starch to sugar.
It implies a chemical mechanism of hydrolysis
catalyzed by a Brønsted-Lowry
or Arrhenius
acid. By contrast, it does not usually imply hydrolysis by direct electrophilic attack—as may originate from a Lewis acid.
It implies a chemical mechanism of hydrolysis
Hydrolysis
Hydrolysis is a chemical reaction during which molecules of water are split into hydrogen cations and hydroxide anions in the process of a chemical mechanism. It is the type of reaction that is used to break down certain polymers, especially those made by condensation polymerization...
catalyzed by a Brønsted-Lowry
Brønsted-Lowry
In chemistry, the Brønsted–Lowry theory is an acid-base theory, proposed independently by Johannes Nicolaus Brønsted and Thomas Martin Lowry in 1923...
or Arrhenius
Arrhenius
Arrhenius may refer to* Carl Axel Arrhenius , Swedish chemist and discoverer of the element yttrium* Niklas Arrhenius, Swedish discus thrower* Svante Arrhenius , Swedish physical chemist and 1903 Nobel laureate...
acid. By contrast, it does not usually imply hydrolysis by direct electrophilic attack—as may originate from a Lewis acid.