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Q.Homolytic fission of covalent bond leads to the formation of:

(a) carbo cation
(b) electrophile
(c) free radical
(d) nucleophile
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Homolytic fission splits a covalent bond symmetrically, one electron going to each atom, producing two free radicals.

A covalent bond is a shared pair of electrons between two atoms. It can break in two ways:

  1. Homolytic fission (homolysis): the bond breaks symmetrically, and one electron of the shared pair goes to each fragment. This is shown with a single-barbed (fish-hook) curved arrow. Each resulting species has one unpaired electron and is called a free radical, e.g. Cl-Cl --(UV light/heat)--> Cl. + .Cl. Homolysis typically occurs under conditions like UV light, heat, or peroxides, and is common for non-polar bonds between similar atoms. …

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