Change in concentration of ethyl acetate for hydrolysis with NaOH. Effects on the rate of reaction and the specific rate constant

Internship Report from the year 2016 in the subject Chemistry - Organic Chemistry, grade: A, , course: IB Chem HL, language: English, abstract: During our classes on Organic Chemistry we learnt about hydrolysis of an ester. I wondered if this chemical breakdown of a compound could happen in a reaction with something other than water. After some research, I came to know that this process could occu...