How Organic Reactions Occur:Mechanisms Radical reaction Process that involves symmetrical bond breaking and bond making Radical (free radical) A neutral chemical species that contains an odd number of electrons and has a single,unpaired electron in one of its orbitals Polar reaction Process that involves unsymmetrica/bond breaking and bond making Involve species that have an even number of electrons (have only electron pairs in their orbitals) Common in both organic and biological chemistryRadical reaction ▪ Process that involves symmetrical bond breaking and bond making ▪ Radical (free radical) ▪ A neutral chemical species that contains an odd number of electrons and has a single, unpaired electron in one of its orbitals Polar reaction ▪ Process that involves unsymmetrical bond breaking and bond making ▪ Involve species that have an even number of electrons (have only electron pairs in their orbitals) ▪ Common in both organic and biological chemistry How Organic Reactions Occur: Mechanisms