self-esterification
The production of one or more esters as a result of a compound reacting with itself.
Noun
- The 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...
Origin
From self- + esterification.