Bond Fission Flashcards
1
Q
What is bond fission?
A
The breaking of a covalent bond
2
Q
What is a fishhook arrow?
A
Movement of a single electron
3
Q
What are curly arrows?
A
Movement of a pair of electrons
4
Q
What are free radicals?
A
A species with an unpaired electron
5
Q
What is homolytic bond fission?
A
Where each atom gets one of the shared electrons
6
Q
What is heterolytic bond fission?
A
Where both the shared electrons go to one atom
7
Q
What is carbanion?
A
When the carbon has a negative charge
8
Q
What is carbocation?
A
When the carbon has a positive charge
