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Q. Homolytic fission produces

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Homolytic fission: If a covalent bond breaks in such a way that each atom takes away one electron of the shared pair, it is called homolytic fission or symmetrical fission. Free radicals form in homolytic fission. $ A:B\xrightarrow[{}]{Homolytic\text{ }fission}\underset{free\text{ }radical}{\mathop{{{A}^{\bullet }}{{+}^{\bullet }}B}}\, $