Give one example (equation) of a homogeneously catalysed reaction and name the catalyst.

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Hydrolysis of ethyl acetate to give ethanol and acetic acid is catalysed by dil $H_{2} S O_{4}$ .
$C H_{3} C O O . C_{2} H_{5} e t h y l a c e t a t e + H O H w a t e r C a t a l y s t - ----- \to d i l . H_{2} S O_{4} C H_{3} C O O H a c e t i c a c i d + C_{2} H_{5} O H e t h a n o l$

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Give one example (equation) of a homogeneously catalysed reaction and name the catalyst.

Hydrolysis of ethyl acetate to give ethanol and acetic acid is catalysed by dil H2SO4.CH3COO.C2H5ethylacetate+HOHwaterCatalyst−−−−−−→dil.H2SO4CH3COOHaceticacid+C2H5OHethanol

Hydrolysis of ethyl acetate to give ethanol and acetic acid is catalysed by dil $H_{2} S O_{4}$ .
$C H_{3} C O O . C_{2} H_{5} e t h y l a c e t a t e + H O H w a t e r C a t a l y s t - ----- \to d i l . H_{2} S O_{4} C H_{3} C O O H a c e t i c a c i d + C_{2} H_{5} O H e t h a n o l$