Alkaline hydrolysis of isoamylformate: Effect of dissolved electrolytes onkinetics

The kinetics of alkaline hydrolysis of isoamylformate with aqueous solution s of sodium hydroxide and potassium hydroxide has been determined by using the theory of mass transfer with chemical reaction; the effect of presence of electrolyte salts such as sodium chloride and sodium sulfate in aqueous alkaline solution has been assessed. Experiments have been conducted in a s tirred cell having a flat liquid-liquid interface. For the different aqueou s phases employed, the alkaline hydrolysis conforms to the fast pseudo-firs t order reaction regime. The system is of considerable practical importance and has been successfully employed for the measurement of the interfacial area of a flooded packed bed contactor that contained cation exchange resin particles having a diameter of approximately 0.5 mm as packing particles.