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12.16     For the following bond cleavages, use curved-arrows to show the electron flow and classify each as homolysis or heterolysis. Identify reactive intermediate produced as free radical, carbocation and carbanion.

 (d) Bond cleavages

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Bond cleavage by using curved-arrows to show the electron flow of the given reaction can be represented as


The reaction intermediate is carbocation. It is a heterolytic cleavage as the bonds break in such a manner that shared electron pair will remain with the one species.

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