Question

The alkaline hydrolysis of an ester represented by $RCOOR+O{H}^{-}\to RCO{O}^{-}+ROH$ is

• A. first order, bimolecular
• B. second order, bimolecular
• C. bimolecular but zero order
• D. unimolecular, first order

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

Alkaline hydrolysis of esters, is an example of bimolecular and second order reaction as the rate of reaction depends upon the concentration of both ester and alkali.