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Q. Hydrolysis of sucrose is called

BHUBHU 1983Biomolecules

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On hydrolysis, sucrose gives an equimolar mixture of $D(+)$ glucose and $D(-)$ fructose.
$\underset{(+)}{C_{12}H_{22}O_{11}} + H_2O \rightarrow \underset{(+) \text{glucose}}{C_6H_{12}O_6} + \underset{(-) \text{fructose}}{C_6H_{12}O_6}$
Here, the configuration of sucrose changes (gets inverted) after hydrolysis, thus its hydrolysis is called inversion.