Chemistry 9701 · AS & A Level · Chemical bonding

Chemical bonding — practice question

Referring to the Data Booklet will be helpful for this question. Free-radicals have a significant role in reactions that lead to the destruction of the ozone layer and in the substitution of alkanes by chlorine. Certain free-radicals have two unpaired electrons. These species are known as diradicals. Which species are diradicals?

  • A1, 2 and 3
  • B1 and 2 only
  • C2 and 3 only
  • D1 only

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