identity reaction

Synonym: degenerate chemical reaction

A chemical reaction whose products are chemically identical with the reactants, for example the bimolecular self exchange reaction of CH3I with I.
See also: degenerate rearrangement
Source:
PAC, 1994, 66, 1077 (Glossary of terms used in physical organic chemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1994)) on page 1124