Cleaving reaction

Cleaving reaction
Identifiers
RXNO number	0000073
Except where noted otherwise, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C, 100 kPa)

In organic chemistry, a cleaving reaction is a reaction where atoms are lost from the molecular skeleton.

References

• Bachelor, Colin; Gitterman, Celia; Barden, David. Reaction Names Ontology, Royal Society of Chemistry.