The hydrolysis of an ester in a large excess of dilute acid is followed by titrating equal samples with alkali. The titre volumes are $V_0=12.0\mathrm{mL}$ at $t=0$, $V_t=16.0\mathrm{mL}$ at $t=40\min$ and $V_{\infty }=24.0\mathrm{mL}$ at completion. Use $2.303$, $\log 2=0.3010$ and $\log 3=0.4771$. The pseudo first order rate constant is

1. A$0.02747\mathrm{mi}{\mathrm{n}}^{-1}$
2. B$0.00719\mathrm{mi}{\mathrm{n}}^{-1}$
3. C$0.01733\mathrm{mi}{\mathrm{n}}^{-1}$
4. D$0.01014\mathrm{mi}{\mathrm{n}}^{-1}$