Fig. 1
From: Imaging dynamic fingerprints of competing E2 and SN2 reactions

Schematic representation bimolecular nucleophilic substitution (SN2) and elimination (E2) mechanisms. For SN2 the back-side attack TS is shown, whereas for E2 both the anti- and the syn-TSs are presented. Systems (1)–(4) represent the studied reactions with stepwise substituted alkyl halides