Question

The hydrolysis of ethyl acetate

$CH_{3}COOC_{2}H_{5} + H_{2}O\overset{\quad H^{+}\quad}{\rightarrow}CH_{3}COOH + C_{2}H_{5}OH$is a reaction of

• A. Zero order
• B. Pseudo first order
• C. Second order
• D. Third order

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

Pseudo first order

Answer 2

Hydrolysis of an ester is pseudo first order reaction.