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Ethyl ethanoate is heated with excess aqueous $NaOH$ . The products are

Aethanoic acid and ethanol
Bsodium ethoxide and ethanoic acid
Csodium ethanoate and ethanol
Dethanal and sodium ethoxide

Answer: C

Base hydrolysis (saponification) of an ester is irreversible because the carboxylic acid formed is deprotonated:

CH X_{3} COOC X_{2} H X_{5} + NaOH CH X_{3} COONa + C X_{2} H X_{5} OH

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