Esters may be hydrolysed using an aqueous alkali or an aqueous acid, giving two products. The table compares these two approaches. Which row is correct?
- Aaqueous alkali: complete conversion to a salt and an organic acid; aqueous acid: forms an equilibrium mixture with an organic acid and an alcohol
- Baqueous alkali: forms an equilibrium mixture with a salt and an organic acid; aqueous acid: complete conversion to a salt and an alcohol
- Caqueous alkali: complete conversion to a salt and an alcohol; aqueous acid: forms an equilibrium mixture with an organic acid and an alcohol
- Daqueous alkali: complete conversion to a salt and an alcohol; aqueous acid: complete conversion to an organic acid and an alcohol