narcissistic reaction [obsolete]

https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.N04086
A
chemical reaction
that can be described as the conversion of a reactant into its mirror image, without rotation or translation of the product, so that the product
enantiomer
actually coincides with the mirror image of the reactant molecule. Examples of such reactions are cited under the entries
fluxional
and
degenerate rearrangement
.
Source:
PAC, 1994, 66, 1077. (Glossary of terms used in physical organic chemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1994)) on page 1144 [Terms] [Paper]