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BOND FISSION

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PLEASE EXPLAIN WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HOMOLYTIC AND HETEROLYTIC BOND CLEAVAGE SHOW THEIR PICTURES?

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20 May 2012 17:57:49 IST

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Breaking of covalent bond of the compound is known as bond fission. A bond can be broken by two ways,

1.homolytic bond fission or homolysis

(i) In homolysis, the covalent bond is broken in such a way that each resulting species gets its own electron.

2.heterolytic bond fission or heterolysisIn heterolysis, the covalent bond is broken in such a way that one species (i.e., less electronegative) is deprived of its own electron, while the other species gains both the electrons.

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