Homolytic cleavages

[OnlyDrilling]

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Hey i just wanna get something straight. Are initiating , propagating, and termination steps all homolytic cleavages?
Is there ever a heterolytic cleavage? and if yes then when?
Thanks guys

 

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Hey i just wanna get something straight. Are initiating , propagating, and termination steps all homolytic cleavages?
Is there ever a heterolytic cleavage? and if yes then when?
Thanks guys

Ok, homolytic cleavages are the rare ones.
And only intiating and propagating steps do it. Terminating is the exact opposite of a homolytic cleavage. Two single electrons come together.
Propagating includes one homolytic and one homolytic opposite 🙂

Hetero is like a leaving group leaving (it takes the electrons with it when it leaves).

 

[OnlyDrilling]

thanks so much doc!