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Beta-cleavage
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 {{Def|&beta; Cleavage
-|This term refers to a fragmentation of a bond originating at an atom that is next but one to the atom with the odd electron. This fragmentation involves the movement of a single electron. After fragmentation, the atom that contains the charge when the ion is formed retains the charge.
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+A [[homolytic cleavage]] where the bond fission occurs between at an atom removed from the apparent charge site atom by two bonds and an atom adjacent to that atom and removed from the aparent charge site by three bonds.
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