Radical Revision

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What is Initiation?
When a Cl-Cl bond homolytically breaks because of UV light to form two radical species.
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What is the equation?
Cl-Cl --> Cl· + Cl·
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What is propagation?
Propagation is where a radical causes the formation of another radical i.e. radical substitution. This process has two steps.
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What is the equation for the first propagation step?
CH4 + Cl· --> ·CH3 + HCl
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What is the second propagation step?
·CH3 + Cl2--> CH3Cl + Cl·
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What is termination?
When two radicals combine to form a molecule.
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What is the equation for termination?
Cl· + Cl· --> Cl2, ·CH3 + ·CH3 --> C2H6, ·CH3 + ·Cl -->CH3Cl
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