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As per your syllabus, in HETEROLYTIC cleavage of a covalent bond, the shared pair of electrons goes to which fragment?
ABoth fragments equally
BNeither fragment
COne fragment only
DA third species
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. One fragment only
Your syllabus: heterolysis = both electrons go to one atom; gives a cation and an anion.
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