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.).
Source:
PAC, 1994, 66, 1077
(Glossary of terms used in physical organic chemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1994))
on page 1165
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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.
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