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Name the products of hydrolysis of sucrose. Why is sucrose not a reducing sugar? [

Name the products of hydrolysis of sucrose. Why is sucrose not a reducing sugar? [

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Nicho priyatham
625 Points
8 years ago
glucose and fructose
it dosnt reduce on reduction
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grenade
2061 Points
8 years ago
 Invert sugar: Sucrose is dextro rotatory. But on hydrolysis, it gives D-(-)-fructose D- (+)-glucose.Hence the resulting solution is laevorotatory. Thus, due to the inversion of configuration, it is called invert sugar. 

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