self-esterification

noun

The production of one or more esters as a result of a compound reacting with itself.

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Meanings

nounself-esterification (countable and uncountable, plural self-esterifications)

plural self-esterifications

  1. countableuncountablechemistryThe production of one or more esters as a result of a compound reacting with itself.

    The results from such a one-step liquid phase synthesis using shape-selective acidic zeolites suggest that the direct self-esterification of two molecules of LA, as shown in Fig. 1, could be an alternative to the conventional process

    2023 May 2, Prachayapreaut Pengthong, Philippe Anthony Bopp, Siriporn Jungsuttiwong, Tanin Nanok, “Mechanistic insights into the self-esterification of lactic acid under neutral and acidic conditions”, in Journal of Molecular Structure, volume 1273, →DOI

Origin

From self- + esterification.

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