homolyze

English

Alternative forms

• homolyse

Verb

homolyze (third-person singular simple present homolyzes, present participle homolyzing, simple past and past participle homolyzed)

1. (chemistry) To undergo homolysis.
   • 1989, Carmen Vigo-Pelfrey, Membrane Lipid Oxidation - Volume 1, page 113:

     However, the rate at which ferrous complexes reductively homolyze hydroperoxides appears to be dependent on redox properties of the iron chelate.

   • 2007, Robert B. Grossman, The Art of Writing Reasonable Organic Reaction Mechanisms, →ISBN:

     The O–O bond in benzoyl peroxide and the C–N bonds in AIBN homolyze under thermal or photochemical conditions.