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What are the products of hydrolysis of sucrose?

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The hydrolysis of sucrose gives equimolar mixture of dextrorotatory glucose and laevorotatory fructose. The product is called invert sugar because on hydrolysis of sucrose, the sign of rotation is changed from (+) to (-).
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