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Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Chemistry

Chapter

Physical: Chemical Kinetics

Question:

What is the name given to the first order reactions whose molecularity is not one but behaves like one?  

Options:

Unimolecular reactions

Bimolecular reactions

Pseudo-unimolecular reactions

None of these

Correct Answer:

Pseudo-unimolecular reactions

Explanation:

Those first order reactions whose molecularity is not one but behaves like one are called Pseudo-unimolecular reactions.

Example:

(i) Hydrolysis of an ester :

    CH3COOC2H5 + H2O → CH3COOH + C2H5OH

    - \(\frac{dx}{dt}\) = k[CH3COOC2H5]

So, order of reaction is one.