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Grade 12Physical Chemistry

When ethyl acetate was hydrolysed in presence of 0.1N HCL the rate constant was found to be 5.4*10^-5sec^-1.From these value we can say that

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16 Years agoGrade 12
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Profile image of askiitian.expert- chandra sekhar
16 Years ago

Hi pallavi,

from the given rate constant we can sy it is first order reaction..... and its value is small indicating the process is slow........

so we can say that ethyl acetate is acting as very weak base in the reaction....