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v t e Basic reaction mechanisms
Nucleophilic substitutions	Unimolecular nucleophilic substitution (S_N1) Bimolecular nucleophilic substitution (S_N2) Nucleophilic aromatic substitution (S_NAr) Nucleophilic internal substitution (S_Ni) Nucleophilic acyl substitution (S_NAcyl)
Electrophilic substitutions	Electrophilic aromatic substitution (S_EAr)
Elimination reactions	Unimolecular elimination (E1) E1cB-elimination Bimolecular elimination (E2) E_i elimination
Addition reactions	Electrophilic addition Nucleophilic addition Free-radical addition Cycloaddition Oxidative addition
Unimolecular reactions	Intramolecular reaction Isomerization Photodissociation Lindemann–Hinshelwood mechanism RRKM theory
Electron/Proton transfer reactions	Redox Harpoon reaction Grotthuss mechanism Marcus theory Inner sphere electron transfer Outer sphere electron transfer
Medium effects	Solvent effects Cage effect Matrix isolation
Related topics	Elementary reaction Reaction dynamics Reactive intermediate Radical (chemistry) Molecularity Stereochemistry Catalysis Collision theory Arrow pushing Potential energy surface
Chemical kinetics	Rate equation Equilibrium constant Rate-determining step Reaction coordinate Energy profile (chemistry) Transition state theory Activation energy Activated complex Arrhenius equation Eyring equation Michaelis–Menten kinetics Diffusion-controlled reaction