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Hydrolysis of an ester is an example for

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a

Zero order reaction

b

Pseudo unimolecular reaction

c

Pseudo first order reaction

d

3rd order reaction

answer is B.

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Detailed Solution

The chemical reaction for ester hydrolysis is shown below.

CH3COOC2H5+H2O(excess)CH3COOH+C2H5OH

The number of reactant molecules is 2.  So, molecularity is 2. 

In the ester hydrolysis reaction, waterH2O is taken in the excess amount .Hence, the order of reaction is 1(first order).

Therefore, the reaction is called as pseudo unimolecular reaction or pseudo first order reaction.

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