Biomolecules - Result Question 20
####20. Sucrose in water is dextro-rotatory,
(a) L-glucose + D-fructose
(b) L-glucose + L-fructose
(c) D-glucose + D-fructose
(d) D-glucose
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Solution:
- (c) The hydrolysis of sucrose by boiling with mineral acid or by enzyme invertase or sucrase produces a mixture of equal molecules of
glucose and D(-) Fructose.