A reaction in which one molecule combines with another to form a larger molecule with no other products.
we would expect the CO linkage to undergo addition reactions
Example sentencesExamples
- Elimination reactions are the reverse process of the corresponding addition reactions.
- Like other hydrocarbons with double bonds, addition reactions can occur to change the double bonds to single bonds.
- The majority of reactions in which the ketone functional group takes place are addition reactions.
- Typical reactions of ketones are addition reactions although as a group they are less reactive than the aldehydes.
- Polymerization is an addition reaction.