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Ethyl acetate (ethyl ethanoate) is hydrolysed to sodium acetate (sodium ethanoate) and ethanol by aqueous sodium hydroxide.
  +  
NaOH(aq)
         
CH3COONa
  +  
CH3CH2OH
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Ethyl acetate     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Sodium hydroxide solution     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Sodium acetate     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Ethanol     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming

Interaction, Reaction, Process defined as:
British A-Level Chemistry: A2
Hydrolysis
Substitution: Addition-followed-by Elimination
Substitution: Nucleophilic @ Acyl-Nfg

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