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Question
For the following bond cleavages, use curved-arrows to show the electron flow and classify as homolysis or heterolysis. Identify reactive intermediate produced as free radical, carbocation and carbanion.
Solution
The bond cleavage using curved-arrows to show the electron flow of the given reaction can be represented as
It is a heterolytic cleavage as the bond breaks in such a manner that the shared pair of electrons remains with one of the fragments. The intermediate formed is a carbocation.
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