Bond Fission Flashcards
1
Q
What are the two ways a bond can break?
A
Homolytic fission
Heterolytic fission
2
Q
What is produced from
1) Homolytic fission
2) Heterolytic fission?
A
1) Free radicals
2) Ions
3
Q
What condition usually causes homolytic fission?
A
UV Light (high energy)
4
Q
What type of bonds will heterolytic fission take place in?
A
Bonds involving atoms with a large difference in electronegativity (polar bond)
5
Q
How do we represent the movement of electrons in a mechanism?
A
Single-headed arrows for 1 electron and double-headed arrows for 2 electrons
6
Q
What do the tail and head of an arrow indicate in curly arrow notation?
A
Tail shows source of electron(s) and the head indicates the destination of the electron(s)
