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Boiling sucrose with dilute HCl in alcoholic solution gives which products?
ATwo molecules of glucose
BGlucose and fructose
CFructose and mannose
DGlucose and galactose
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Glucose and fructose
Sucrose is a glucose-fructose disaccharide, so acid hydrolysis splits it into these two hexoses in equal amounts.
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