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What is organic reaction mechanism |
| Answer» \tReaction mechanism involves breaking and forming bonds, movement of electrons and rate follows sequential description of rate of reaction.\tA covalent bond can get cleaved either by homolytic cleavage (or) by heterolytic cleavage.\xa0In homolytic cleavage a bond breaks in such a way that each broken part gets one of the two bonded electrons.\tHomolytic cleavage results in the formation of neutral atoms (or) groups with one unpaired electron. These are known as free radicals. The free radicals thus formed are highly reactive due to the presence of unpaired electrons. | |