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The alkaline hydrolysis of ethyl acetate is represented by the equation:

CH3COOC2H5+NaOHCH3COONa+C2H5OH

Experimentally it is found that for this reaction:

dxdt=k[CH3COOC2H5][NaOH]

Then the reaction is

A
Bimolecular and of first order
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Bimolecular and of second order
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Pseudo-bimolecular
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Pseudo—unimolecular
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Solution

The correct option is D Bimolecular and of second order
Since 2 reactants are involved, the reaction is bimolecular.
Also, as can be seen from the experimental analysis, the order of the reaction is two.
hence option (B) is correct.

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