Small changes to molecular structures can transform how reactions occur, but studying reaction mechanisms directly is difficult. An imaging technique that provides direct insights into competing mechanisms might improve matters.
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Vallance, C. The fingerprints of reaction mechanisms. Nature 546, 608–609 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/546608a
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