Question
What are reactive intermediates? How are they generated by bond fission?
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Answer
The reactive intermediates are those chemical species which are produced during the course of the reaction. There are many reactive intermediate, three of which are carbocation, carbanion and the free radical.
Carbocation and carbanion are generated by the heterolytic bond fission while free radicals are generated by homolytic bond fission.
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