The reaction mechanism of ethyl acetate is related to classical Chinese creations. Due to the lack of specific and detailed instructions to describe the details of the reaction mechanism, the following is a more general hydrolysis reaction mechanism of ethyl acetate. For example, it is explained in classical Chinese. You can modify it according to your actual needs.

The change of ethyl acetate is subtle. Ester, in contact with water, this is the image of hydrolysis. At first, the hydroxide of water has nucleophilic properties, and tends to the carbonyl carbon of ethyl acetate. Carbonyl carbons are attacked by nucleophilic reagents because of their strong electronegativity and positive properties of oxygen. Hydroxide is attached to carbonyl carbon, and the double bond of the carbonyl group becomes a single bond, and the oxygen increases a negative charge.

Then, the electrons in the molecule are rearranged, and the alkoxy group (ethoxy group) is broken off. This alkoxy group carries electrons away to form ethanol. At the same time, the carbonyl group forms a double bond, and the other oxygen connected to the original carbonyl carbon is obtained by protons, so it forms a hydroxyl group, and finally acetic acid.

In this way, ethyl acetate is hydrolyzed to form ethanol and acetic acid through nucleophilic attack, electron rearrangement, and bond breakage. This is the mechanism of its reaction.