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WBJEE · Chemistry · Chemical Kinetics

Acid catalysed hydrolysis of ethyl acetate follows a pseudo-first order kinetics with respect to ester. If the reaction is carried out with large excess of ester, the order with respect to ester will be

  1. A 1.5
  2. B 0
  3. C 0.5
  4. D 1
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(B) 0

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\(\mathrm{CH}_{3} \mathrm{COOC}_{2} \mathrm{H}_{5}+\mathrm{H}_{2} \mathrm{O} \rightleftharpoons \mathrm{CH}_{3} \mathrm{COOH}\) \(+\mathrm{C}_{2} \mathrm{H}_{5} \mathrm{OH}\) If above reaction is carried out with large excess of ester, the rate of reaction does not depend upon…