Question

A little confusion; How do you represent hydrolysis in a chemical equation?: by writing H2O or H3O+

Answer 1

Hydrolysis means that it is cleaved with water

Explanation:

A hydrolysis reaction looks like this

`C + H_2O -> A-H + B-OH`

This means that a `H_2O` is used to cleave reactant `C` to form the components `A-H` and `B-OH`. The water is incorporated into fragments `A` and `B` that split from `C`.