Heterolysis may refer to: * Heterolysis (biology), the apoptosis induced by hydrolytic enzymes from surrounding cells *

Heterolysis (chemistry) In chemistry, heterolysis or heterolytic fission () is the process of cleaving/breaking a covalent bond where one previously bonded species takes both original bonding electrons from the other species. During heterolytic bond cleavage of a neutra ...

, a chemical bond cleavage of a neutral molecule generating a cation and an anion

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