potassium hydroxide; water T=30°C; μ = 0.1 M (KCl), stopped-flow spectrophotometer; pH dependence; hydrolysis in 50percent dioxane-H2O; hydronium ion catalyzed hydrolysis; solvent isotope effect (hydrolysis in D2O); hydrolysis of substituted benzaldehyde acetals, substituent effect; Rate constant;

potassium hydroxide; water T=30°C; μ = 0.1 M (KCl), stopped-flow spectrophotometer; pH dependence; hydrolysis in 50percent dioxane-H2O; hydronium ion catalyzed hydrolysis; solvent isotope effect (hydrolysis in D2O); hydrolysis of substituted benzaldehyde acetals, substituent effect; Rate constant;