JEE Main Chemistry question

Invert sugar is:

(A)Chemically inactive form of sugar
(B)Equimolecular mixture of glucose and fructoseCorrect
(C)Mixture of glucose and sucrose
(D)A variety of cane sugar

Answer: (B)

Solution

Hydrolysis of sucrose (cane sugar) gives an equimolar mixture of D-glucose and D-fructose, and this mixture is called invert sugar because the net optical rotation "inverts" from dextrorotatory (sucrose) to laevorotatory (due to

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