Heterolytic cleavage is a type of bond breaking process where a covalent bond is cleaved in an unsymmetrical manner, resulting in the formation of two charged species - a positively charged species (carbocation) and a negatively charged species (anion). This process is in contrast to homolytic cleavage, where the bond is broken equally to produce two neutral radical species.
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