Ethyl ethanoate is hydrolysed by heating with aqueous sodium hydroxide. What are the products?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. Sodium ethanoate and ethanol
- Step 1: Alkaline hydrolysis is not reversible. Step 2. The acid part is formed as its sodium salt, and the alcohol is released. Answer: Sodium ethanoate and ethanol. Why not the others: ethanoic acid would form only with acid hydrolysis; sodium ethoxide would not form here; the option 'Ethanoic acid and sodium ethanoate' contains no alcohol.
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