Sucrose in water is dextro-rotatory, $[α]_{D} = + 66.4 ° .$ When boiled with dilute HCl, the solution becomes laevo-rotatory, $[α]_{D} = - 20 ° .$ In this process, the sucrose molecule breaks into

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D-glucose +L-fructose

L-glucose +L-fructose

D-glucose +D-fructose

L-glucose +D-fructose

answer is C.

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The hydrolysis of sucrose by boiling with mineral acid or by enzyme invertase or sucrase produces a mixture of equal molecules of D(+) glucose and D(-) Fructose.

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