Free radicals can be generated by which type of covalent bond cleavage ?
Heterolytic
Homolytic
both a and b
None of these
Homolytic Covalent bond fission (cleavage ) -
Bonded atom takes away one e - out of shared pair.
Upon homolytic cleavage of covalent bond free radicals are produced.
Therefore, option (2) is correct.