Heterolysis of bonds to carbon does not lead to the formation of

Options

A. carbocations
B. carbanions
C. free radicals
D. both (1) and (2)

Answer

C

Explanation

In hetrolytic cleavage, the bonding electron pair between the two bonded atoms in the molecule `A-B` is shifted to either of the atoms giving charged species as intermediates:

This is shift of bonding electron pair is shown by a curved arrow , which starts from the middel of the bond that breaks and ends on the atom to which the electron pair shifts. When a positive charge is carried on carbon, the entity is known as a cabocation, and when a negative charge is carried, the entity is known as carbonion.