HYDROLYSIS OF BUTYL ACETATE

Hydrolysis of butyl acetate leads to great losses of the solvent at th e RAS Kiviter dephenolization plant. The rate of the acid hydrolysis f or butyl acetate is studied by alkalimetric titration of acetic acid f ormed in two-phase systems. The rate of the alkaline hydrolysis is stu died by pH-rate profiles in one-phase aqueous solutions and by the con centration of the acetate anions revealed in two-phase pH-buffered sys tems. The temperature dependencies for the rate constants and for the pH value, providing the minimum hydrolysis, are described.