Question

Differnece between bond clevage and bond activaiton

Answer 1

Bond cleavage is the splitting of a chemical bond. There are two types of bond cleavage: homolytic and heterolytic. In homolytic cleavage, the two electrons in the bond are divided equally between the products. In heterolytic cleavage, one atom gets both of the shared electrons.

Carbon–hydrogen bond functionalization (C–H functionalization) is a type of reaction in which a carbon–hydrogen bond is cleaved and replaced with a carbon-X bond (where X is usually carbon, oxygen, or nitrogen). The term usually implies that a transition metal is involved in the C-H cleavage process.