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What is the difference between (i) hydrogenation and (ii) hydrogenolysis? Give one example of each.

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Hydrogenation means addition of `H_(2)` to unsaturated compounds such as alkenes, alkynes, etc. for examples.
`CH_(2)=CH_(2)overset(H_(2)//Ni)toCH_(3)CH_(3),CH-=CH overset(H_(2)//Pd-BaSO_(4))toCH_(2)=CH_(2)`
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