ORGANIC CHEMISTRY Chapter 3 Homolysis o a bond breaks in an electronically symmetrical way so that each fragment takes away one of the electrons of the bond a-B A.+ B. Homolytic bond cleavage Free radicals or radicals Department of Chemistry, Xiamen UniversityORGANIC CHEMISTRY Department of Chemistry, Xiamen University Chapter 3 Homolysis A bond breaks in an electronically symmetrical way so that each fragment takes away one of the electrons of the bond. A B A + B Homolytic bond cleavage Free radicals or radicals