Based on the influence of substitution at the α-carbon atom, solvent effects, and substitution within the attacking anion for an onium salt decomposition, it is proposed that Menschutkin reactions are best considered as proceeding through normal SN2 transition states rather than the transition state with extensive bond breaking and little bond making recently proposed by Arnett and Reich.
D. N. Kevill, J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1981, 421 DOI: 10.1039/C39810000421
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