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Which of the following are pseudo first order under the conditions stated? Select the correct option(s).

  1. AHydrolysis of an ester in a large excess of water in the presence of a dilute acid catalyst
  2. BInversion of sucrose in dilute aqueous acid
  3. CDecomposition of , which is intrinsically unimolecular
  4. D with rate when

Answer: A, B, D

A pseudo first order reaction has a higher true order but one reactant is in such large excess (or is a catalyst) that its concentration is effectively constant, giving rate . This holds for the ester and sucrose cases (excess water) and for in 100-fold excess. decomposition is genuinely first order, not pseudo first order.
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