hydrogenolysisn.
/ˌhʌɪdrədʒəˈnɒlɪsɪs/ Chemistry.
The splitting of a bond accompanied by the addition of an atom of hydrogen to the atoms originally bonded (one or both of these being carbon atoms).
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1931 C. Ellis Hydrogenation Org. Subst. xlv. 522 For reasons of convenience we shall use ‘hydrogenolysis’ for all processes in which fuel material is treated with hydrogen at high pressures and high temperatures... Another general term frequently used..is ‘destructive hydrogenation’.
1932 Jrnl. Amer. Chem. Soc. 54 4685 The hydrogenolysis of carbon–carbon linkages.
1971 Anderson & Baker in J. R. Anderson Chemisorption & Reactions Metallic Films II. viii. 189 The overall hydrogenolysis and disproportionation reactions may be represented by CH3NH2 + H2→CH4 + NH3; 2CH3NH2→(CH3)2NH + NH3.
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