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The hydrolysis of ethyl acetate in acidic medium is a pseudo ____ order reaction. However, the…
The hydrolysis of ethyl acetate in acidic medium is a pseudo ____ order reaction. However, the molecularity of the reaction is ____.
Answer
Answer
AIBlanks: first; two
first; two. Acid-catalyzed hydrolysis of ethyl acetate involves water in large excess, so rate depends only on ester concentration (pseudo-first order), but two molecules collide in the rate-determining step, giving a molecularity of two.
From ISC 2026 Chemistry Paper 1, question 1(A)(iii).