disproportionation

  1. Noun.  (chemistry) A form of redox reaction in which part of a reactant is oxidized and part of it is reduced simultaneously.
  2. Noun.  (chemistry) A reaction wherein a single reactant generates two chemical species which are different from each other and the initial reactant.

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