Bond breaking

OCR A-level ChemistryTopic 11 of 263 lessons

Revision notes for Bond breaking in OCR Chemistry A (H432). Every lesson in BrainCake comes with R.E.C.I.P.E. recall steps, a quick check and spaced reviews.

1. Homolytic FissionIn homolytic fission a covalent bond breaks and each atom takes one of the two bonding electrons.
2. Heterolytic FissionIn heterolytic fission a covalent bond breaks and both bonding electrons go to the same atom.
3. Reaction MechanismsReaction mechanisms show each step of the bond-breaking and bond formation processes in an organic reaction.

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