For example, let's say you have molecule 'A'. A double bond in this molecule is broken so that two separate pieces 'B' and 'C' are created. How easy is it to "mend" that broken double bond so that' B' and 'C' are reattached to one another to again be A?
Can a double bond be readily broken and reformed?
Chemical bonds are not "solid" or "physical" unions. They are interaction between 2 atoms. Covalent bonds (which I think you refer) are a sharing of 2 pair of electrons between 2 molecules. Organic chemistry is based mainly on the study of the "breaking" or "creating" of this type of bonds. The answer to your question is YES, double bonds can be broken and the atoms used to have the bond, can form new ones.
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