autoprotolysis
A
proton (hydron) transfer
reaction between two identical molecules (usually a solvent), one acting as a
Brønsted acid
and the other as a
Brønsted base
. For example:
Source:
PAC, 1994,
66
, 1077
(Glossary of terms used in physical organic chemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1994))
on page 1087
