Question

What ara the differences between the homolytic and heterolytic bond dissociation ? And why homolytic dissociation energy of H-H (104 KJ/mol) is lower than its heterolytic bond dissociation energy (401 KJ/mol)?

Answer 1

Answer:

Following are the difference in homolytic and hetrolytic bond dissociation.

1. Homolytic dissociation is referred as the amount of energy released during homolytic fission. Homolytic fission is known as the dissociation of chemical bond in two equal fragmentswhereas, Hetrolytic dissociation is referred as the amount of energy      released during Hetrolytic fission. Hetrolytic fission is known as the dissociation of chemical bond in two unequal fragments.
2. Homolytic fission gives one electron each to its fragments whereas Hetrolytic fissiongives two electron to one fragment and zero electron to other fragment.

Energy released during Homolytic fission is lower than the Hetrolytic fission as the electron distribution to its fragments is uniform in homolytic whereas electron distribution to its fragments is uniform in hetrolytic fission.

Thus bonds form in hetrolytic fission is more stronger than the the bonds formed in homolytic fission.

Hence, more energy is required to break the bonds of hetrolytic fission as compared to homolytic fission

Thus, homolytic dissociation energy of H-H (104 KJ/mol) is lower than its heterolytic bond dissociation energy (401 KJ/mol)