Question

On mixing ethyl acetate with aqueous sodium chloride, the composition of the resultant solution is
(a) CH₃COOC₂H₅ + NaCl
(b) CH₃COONa + C₂H₅OH
(c) CH₃COCl + C₂H₅OH + NaOH
(d) CH₃Cl + C₂H₅COONa.

Answer 1

(a) : CH₃COOC₂H₅ + NaCl_(aq)→ no reaction i.e., the resultant solution contains ethyl acetate and sodium chloride.

Comments

What's the reason behind it.

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Aqueous NaCl is neutral so ethyl acetate does not react with aqueous sodium chloride,

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YesI got it. Thanks

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Thanks