Question

1. Compound undergoing heterolytic bond cleavage will lead to formation of which chemical species? » (A) Anion (B) Cation ) (CY Both (A) and (B) (D) None of the above​

Answer 1

(C) Compound undergoing heterolytic bond cleavage will lead to formation of both anion and cation.

Explanation:

• The original bonding electrons from other species is taken by the previous bonding species, during the breaking of covalent bond is known as heterolysis.
• A cation and anion will be formed during the heterolytic bond cleavage of a compound.
• The more electronegative atom is the anionic and the electropositive atom is the cationic.
• The heterolytic bond dissociation energy is the energy it takes to break the bond.
• For example, the hydrogen-hydrogen bond can be broken as, H₂→H⁺ + H⁻, hence it forms both cation and anion.