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Hyrolysis of sucrose is called (AFMC 2018)
A.inversion✓ Correct
B.esterification
C.hydration
D.saponification
Explanation
On hydrolysis, sucrose gives an equimolar mixture of D-(+) glucose and D-(–) fructose. Here, the configuration of sucrose changes (gets inverted) after hydrolysis, thus its hydrolysis is called inversion.
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