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When a covalent bond undergoes heterolytic cleavage, it can produce 

Option: 1

cations 


Option: 2

Anions 


Option: 3

Free radicals 


Option: 4

Both a and b 


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Heterolytic Covalent bond fission (cleavage ) -

The shared pair is taken away by one of the more electronegative atoms.

Hydrolytic products are cation and anion. 

Free radical is obtained when a covalent bond cleans in homolytic manner cations and anions are formed by heterolytic cleavage of covalent bonds.

Therefore, option (4) is correct.

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