Name: Lujain Mohammed Alsyouf

ID: 20100429
Section: 1
Course: 2
Experiment: 8

Kinetics of the hydrolysis of"

Ethyl Acetate by Sodium
Hydroxide by a conductivity
"method
:Aim
To determine the second order rate constant for the hydrolysis of ethyl
acetate by sodium hydroxide using conductivity method.

:Results, calculations and discussion

o
Temperature at which the experiment was conducted = 24 C

o = 2020
∞ = 1463

t t κ o −κ t t t κ o −κ t
(min) ( ) κt −κ ∞ (min) ( ) κt −κ ∞
1 1778 0.7682 18 1711 1.246
2 1774 0.7910 19 1703 1.321
3 1770 0.8143 20 1702 1.330
4 1766 0.8383 21 1699 1.360
5 1761 0.8691 22 1698 1.370
6 1759 0.8818 23 1696 1.390
7 1746 0.9682 24 1690 1.454
8 1745 0.9752 25 1684 1.520
9 1738 1.025 26 1677 1.603
10 1737 1.033 27 1671 1.678
11 1732 1.071 28 1669 1.704
12 1729 1.094 29 1666 1.744
13 1727 1.110 30 1664 1.771
14 1726 1.118 31
15 1718 1.184 32
16 1714 1.219 33
17 1711 1.246 34

Initial concentration, aO, of the reactants = 0.01 mol/L

Slope of plot of (o – t )/( t – ∞ ) versus t =

Rate constant k =
 " ko- kt/ (kt- k∞) vs t(min)"
2.0000
1.8000
1.6000
1.4000
ko- kt/ (kt- k∞)

1.2000
1.0000
0.8000
0.6000
0.4000
0.2000
0.0000
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70

t (min)

:Points to discuss

The hydrolysis of an ester by an alkali is an example of a second .1

.order reaction

If the initial concentration, aO, of both the reactants are equal, and x being .2
the number of moles of reactant per liter that have reacted at time t, k is the
rate constant of the reaction ,then the rate law can be written as

xd 2
= k (a −
o x )
td
Integrating equation (1) leads to
x
= tk
a o (a −
o x )

The second order reaction (2) can then be written as:

κ−
o κ t
= tk
a o κ( −t κ ∞ )

.Because x will be proportional to (o – t ) , and (ao – x ) to ( t – ∞ )

:Where
o is the initial conductivity of the solution

t is the conductivity at time t

.∞ is the conductivity after the reaction is complete

the conductivity of the reaction mixture will decrease with time due to the .3
:replacement of highly conducting hydroxyl ions by slow moving acetate ions

CH3COOC2H5 + OH–  CH3COO– + C2H5OH

The initial conductivity will be taken for the NaOH and the deionized water .4
before mixing it with the ethyl acetate. Conductivity with time will be taken after
mixing the two solutions immediately, and the final conductivity will be taken
.after the reaction is complete (after a day)

:Errors and sources of errors

Errors in this experiment can refer from the beginning to the Inaccurate
quantities used in preparing the solutions, also changing the temperature due
the reaction will be a reason of an error.

:Conclusion
As a conclusion we could determine the second order rate constant for the
reaction of ethyle acetate by sodium hydroxide k=
.using the conductivity method