Organic Chem- Mechanisms Flashcards
1
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What does a curly arrow show?
A
-The movement of an electron pair during a reaciton.
2
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Fission
A
-Breaking of a covalent bond.
3
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Homolytic fission
A
covalent bond is broken and each bonding atom receives one electron from the bonded pair, forming two radicals
4
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Heterolytic fission
What is movement of electron pair shown by?
A
covalent bond is broken and one bonding atom receives both electrons from the bonded pair.
Forming a positive and negative ion.
5
Q
What is radical?
A
a species with an unpaired electrons.
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