Question

Alkaline hydrolysis of ethyl acetate gives

• A. $ C{{H}_{3}}COOH $ and $ {{C}_{2}}{{H}_{5}}OH $
• B. $ C{{H}_{3}}COONa $ and $ {{C}_{2}}{{H}_{5}}OH $
• C. $ C{{H}_{3}}COOH $ and $ N{{H}_{3}} $
• D. $ C{{H}_{3}}COONa $ and $ N{{H}_{3}} $

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

$ \underset{ethyl\text{ }acetate}{\mathop{C{{H}_{3}}COO{{C}_{2}}{{H}_{5}}}}\,+NaOH\xrightarrow[{}]{Hydrolysis} $ $ \underset{sodium\text{ }acetate}{\mathop{C{{H}_{3}}COONa}}\,+\underset{ethyl\text{ }alcohol}{\mathop{{{C}_{2}}{{H}_{5}}OH}}\, $