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Glycosidic, peptide and ester bonds are referred to as dehydration synthesis or condensation reactions. Why are those terms (dehydration...)used to describe the reactions(peptide.....)?

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User Bri Bri
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I am pretty sure that dehydration takes an H2O molecule from the bonds to make the things bonded together break apart.
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User George Oblapenko
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