Bond breaking

OCR A-level Organic ChemistryTopic 4 of 153 lessons

Revision notes for Bond breaking in OCR Chemistry A (H432). Read the start of any lesson here, then sign in free for the whole lesson, the R.E.C.I.P.E. recall steps and the quiz.

1. Homolytic FissionUltraviolet light can break covalent bonds.
2. Heterolytic FissionWhen the covalent bond is broken, both electrons may end up on the same atom and a negative and positive ion are formed.
3. Reaction MechanismsReaction mechanisms show each step of the bond-breaking and bond formation processes in an organic reaction.

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