BRAINCAKEBond Breaking
A covalent bond is a shared pair of electrons. When the bond breaks, the two electrons can be shared out in two ways.
Homolytic fission: each atom takes one electron from the bond. This forms two radicals.
Cl-Cl → Cl• + Cl•
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