Ethyl acetate hydrolysis is in reality a reaction of order:
AFourth
BSecond
CZeroth
DThird
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Second
1. Both ethyl acetate and water enter the rate law.
2. Together they make the true order higher than one.
3. It is a second order reaction.
_Source: syllabus Chemistry Part I, Chapter 4, Chemical Kinetics._
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