Question

Write the products of homolysis or heterolysis of each bond (a) H3C-CH3 (b) O2N-N2O(c) CH3O-H (d) H3CH2C-MgBr organic chemistry?

Answer 1

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Explanation:

(a) Homolysis because we are cleaving a bond between two identical atoms.

`"H"_3"C-CH"_3 stackrelcolor (blue)("homolysis")(→) "H"_3"C·" + "·CH"_3`

(b) Homolysis because we are cleaving a bond between two identical atoms.

`"O"_2"N-N"_2"O" stackrelcolor (blue)("homolysis")(→) "O"_2"N·" + "·NO"_2`

(c) Heterolysis, because we are cleaving a bond between two unlike atoms.

The more electronegative atom gets the negative charge.

`"CH"_3"O-H" stackrelcolor (blue)("heterolysis")(→) "CH"_3"O"^(-) + "H"^+`

(d) Heterolysis, because we are cleaving a bond between two unlike atoms.

The more electronegative atom gets the negative charge.

`"H"_3"CCH"_2"-MgBr" stackrelcolor (blue)("heterolysis")(→) "H"_3"C" stackrelcolor (blue)(-)("C")"H"_2 + stackrelcolor (blue)(+)("Mg")"Br"`