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ChemistryOrganic Chemistry - Some Basic Principles and TechniquesJEE Main

Heterolysis of propane (at the C1–C2 bond) gives

Answer: (C)

Solution

Heterolytic cleavage of the C1–C2 bond of propane can in principle give either a methyl cation + ethyl anion, or a methyl anion + ethyl cation. The latter is favoured because

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