alleryThe laevorotatory mixture left after hydrolysing sucrose is called:
AInvert sugar
BInert sugar
CIonic sugar
DInulin sugar
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Invert sugar
1. Sucrose itself rotates light to the right.
2. Fructose rotates left more than glucose rotates right.
3. The sign flips, so the mixture is called invert sugar.
_Source: syllabus Chemistry Part 2, Unit 10 'Biomolecules'_
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