👉 In the context of chemistry, a hydrolysis reaction is a chemical process that breaks down a compound into its simpler components. In other words, it's an oxidation-reduction reaction, where water acts as an oxidizing agent and oxygen as a reducing agent. For example, consider the decomposition of water to hydrogen gas and oxygen gas in the presence of carbon dioxide (CO2). When this reaction occurs at 100°C, the rate is about 6.7 times faster than when