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self-esterification

self-esterification noun: the production of one or more esters as a result of a compound reacting with itself.

Noun

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

  1. 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 conventional process2023 May 2, Prachayapreaut Pengthong, Philippe Anthony Bopp, Siriporn Jungsuttiwong, Tanin Nanok, “Mechanistic insights into the self-esterification of lactic acid under neutral and acidic...

Forms of self-esterification

pluralself-esterifications

Origin of self-esterification

From self- + esterification.

Questions about self-esterification

What does self-esterification mean?
Self-esterification means the production of one or more esters as a result of a compound reacting with itself.
What part of speech is self-esterification?
Self-esterification is a noun.
What is the plural of self-esterification?
The plural of self-esterification is self-esterifications.

Words near self-esterification in the dictionary

  1. self-envenomation
  2. self-envenomations
  3. self-esteem
  4. self-esteeming
  5. self-esteems
  6. self-esterification
  7. self-esterifications
  8. self-etch
  9. self-evacuate
  10. self-evacuated
  11. self-evacuates

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