Autocatalysis

In chemistry, a chemical reaction is said to be autocatalytic if one of the reaction products is also a catalyst for the same reaction.[1] Many forms of autocatalysis are recognized.[2][3]

A set of chemical reactions can be said to be "collectively autocatalytic" if a number of those reactions produce, as reaction products, catalysts for enough of the other reactions that the entire set of chemical reactions is self-sustaining given an input of energy and food molecules (see autocatalytic set).

  1. ^ Chemistry (IUPAC), The International Union of Pure and Applied. "IUPAC - autocatalytic reaction (A00525)". goldbook.iupac.org. doi:10.1351/goldbook.A00525. Retrieved 2025-04-11.
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  3. ^ Steinfeld J.I., Francisco J.S. and Hase W.L. Chemical Kinetics and Dynamics (2nd ed., Prentice-Hall 1999) pp. 151–2 ISBN 0-13-737123-3
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