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Photodissociation
When light breaks down molecules
Three stages of a reaction mechanism
Initiation, propagation, termination
Types of fission
Heterolytic, homolytic
What does the curly arrow mean
To show how covalent bonds are broken
During initiation…
Radicals are produced
During propagation…
Radicals are used up and created in chain reactions
During termination…
Radicals are mopped up
Nomenclature
Naming molecules using specific rules
Haloalkane functional groups
-Cl -Br -I
Aldehyde functional group
Ketone functional group
Carboxylic acid
Ester functional group
Acyl chloride functional group
Amine functional group
Nitrile functional group
Alcohol functional group
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