Key term for Edexcel GCSE Chemistry, used in Alcohols and Carboxylic Acids.
The addition of hydrogen across a carbon-carbon double bond, converting an alkene into an alkane.
Hydrogenation appears in Edexcel GCSE Chemistry revision content for Qualitative Analysis, Hydrocarbons and Polymers, especially Alcohols and Carboxylic Acids and Homologous Series Reactions.
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