IB Chemistry SL 3.3.2 Homolytic fission
IB Chemistry SL 3.3.2 Homolytic fission
Practise recognizing homolytic fission, its UV requirement and how it differs from heterolytic fission in bond-breaking questions.
How this is tested
- identify homolytic fission as bond breaking where each atom takes one electron
- state UV light as an essential condition for initiation in halogen radical reactions
- compare homolytic fission forming radicals with heterolytic fission forming ions