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KCET · Chemistry · General Organic Chemistry

The intermediates in heteropolar reactions are

  1. A Free radicals only
  2. B Cations only
  3. C Anions only
  4. D Both anions and cations
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(D) Both anions and cations

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Heteropolar reactions involve the heterolytic cleavage of a covalent bond, where the shared pair of electrons is taken by one of the bonded atoms.

This unequal distribution of electrons results in the formation of charged species, namely a cation (positive ion) and an anion (negative ion).

Therefore, the intermediates formed in heteropolar reactions are both anions and cations.

Answer: Both anions and cations