heterolysis
chemistry
Also known as: heterolytic reaction
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- In reaction mechanism: Homolysis and heterolysis
When a covalent bond (a nonionic chemical bond formed by shared electrons) is made up of two electrons, each of which is supplied by a different atom, the process is called colligation; the reverse process, in which the electrons of a covalent bond are…
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