A Level Radical Reactions – Initiation Step

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In the initiation step, free radicals are produced. Sunlight provides enough UV light to break the Halogen-Halogen bonds – this is called photodissociation.

The bond splits equally and each atom keeps one electron. The atoms become highly reactive free radicals, because of this one unpaired electron.

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