Which one of the following esters gets hydrolysed most easily under alkaline conditions?
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answer is D.
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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.