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Hydrolysis of an ester may be achived under acidic as well as basic conditions. Pick up the correct statement regarding this

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Acidic hydrolysis is faster than alkaline hydrolysis.
Alkaline hydrolysis is faster than acidic hydrolysis.
Bothoccur at the same rate.
In both, the FIRST step is protonation of the `-OH` part of the `-COOH` group.

Solution :Alkaline hydrolysis is irreversible because here `RCOO^(-)` is ISOLATED , MOREOVER the PRODUCT `RCOO^(-)` stabilizes itself DUE to resonance.


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