The hydrolysis of ethyl acetate
CH,COOC,H,+H.0_">CH,COOH + C,H,OH
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A reaction which is not the first-order reaction naturally but made the first order by increasing or decreasing the concentration of one or the other reactant is known as Pseudo first-order reaction.
Hydrolysis of ethyl acetate in presence of an excess of water:
CH
3
COOC
2
H
5
+H
2
O(excess)
H+
CH
3
COOH+C
2
H
5
OH
r=k[CH
3
COOC
2
H
5
]
2
[H
2
O]
0
Excess [H
2
O] can cause the independency of reaction on H
2
O.
Hence, it is a pseudo-first-order reaction.
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