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RADICAL MECHANISM
Mechanism
Initiation
reactive chlorine radicals
reactive chlorine radicals
• Once initiated this process becomes
self-sustaining and is called a chain process.
self-sustaining and is called a chain process.
• The rate determining step (the slowest step)
is the propagation ie. the abstraction of H.
is the propagation ie. the abstraction of H.
Propagation
(H is abstracted)
(H is abstracted)
