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Which one of the following esters gets hydrolysed most easily under alkaline conditions?

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a

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b

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c

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d

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answer is D.

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Detailed Solution

 Hydrolysis of ester is a nucleophilic  substitution reaction.Electron withdrawing groups decrease the electron density and thus reactivity towards nucleophilic substitution reaction increases. -NO2 is a strong electron withdrawing group.

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Which one of the following esters gets hydrolysed most easily under alkaline conditions?