Preferred Label : solvolysis;
IUPAC definition : 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 substitution elimination and fragmentation reactions in which a solvent species
is the nucleophile ('alcoholysis' if the solvent is an alcohol, etc.).;
Origin ID : S05762;
See also
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 substitution elimination and fragmentation reactions in which a solvent species
is the nucleophile ('alcoholysis' if the solvent is an alcohol, etc.).