This text was removed as it does not belong in the main text but rather in Talk about this topic Note a enumeration of the types of chemical reactions is neededEdited by D C We re going to have problems with some editors because it seems they have no practical experience with what real chemists in real usage call a chemical synthesis This corruption of use which started in the chemical synthesis article seems to be migrating to this article as well and it will be stopped The next point is that this article should not be ended with a brainless enumeration of kinds of chemical reactions but it could be well served by a series of links to Wikipedia articles on types of chemical reactions articles which already exist within the Wikipedia For example there already are articles on hydrolysis and one on the hydration reaction Other articles on chemical reactions are embedded in the article on the compound itself e g soap and saponification 23 05 10 Nov 2003 UTC