JEE Main Chemistry question

The carbohydrate that will yield glucose and fructose on homogeneous catalytic hydrolysis in presence of dilute sulphuric acid is

(A)Cellulose
(B)Maltose
(C)Starch
(D)SucroseCorrect

Answer: (D)

Solution

Sucrose is a disaccharide of one glucose and one fructose unit joined through their anomeric carbons; acid hydrolysis cleaves this glycosidic bond to give one mole each of glucose and

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Question ID VK-150574