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Heterolytic fission

Re: Heterolytic fission

by Tahsinul Hasan -
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One of the main example of heterolytic fission is the fission of hydrogen chloride molecule which produces hydrogen ion as cation and chloride ion as anion and the reaction can be shown as below.
HCl = H+ + Cl-
Because its electronegativity is stronger than that of hydrogen, the chlorine atom preserves the bond pair of electrons. As a result, the chloride anion and hydrogen cation are generated as products.