JEE Main Chemistry question

Inversion of cane-sugar in dilute acid is a [J & K CET 2007]

(A)Bimolecular reaction
(B)Pseudo-unimolecular reactionCorrect
(C)Unimolecular reaction
(D)Trimolecular reaction

Answer: (B)

Solution

. Although this is a bimolecular reaction (water is also a reactant), water is present in such large excess that its concentration remains effectively constant, so

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