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Q.Hydrolysis of sucrose is called inversion.

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Step 1. Sucrose itself is dextrorotatory, with specific rotation +66.5 degrees (section 14.2.9a).

Step 2. Hydrolysis of sucrose (with dilute acid or the enzyme invertase) gives an EQUIMOLAR mixture of D-(+)-glucose (specific rotation +52.7 degrees, section 14.2.5) and D-(-)-fructose (specific rotation -92.4 degrees, section 14.2.8).

Step 3. Adding these two contributions for the equimolar product mixture: since fructose's laevorotation (magnitude 92.4) is LARGER than glucose's dextrorotation (magnitude 52.7), the net rotation of the product mixture is NEGATIVE (laevorotatory) overall. …

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