Sucrose is dextrorotatory but the mixture obtained after hydrolysis is laevorotatory. Explain. 

<p>This is a Short Answer Type Questions as classified in NCERT Exemplar</p><p>Sucrose acts as a dextrorotatory molecule. It produces a mixture of glucose and fructose when hydrolyzed, with particular rotations of +52.5? and −92.4? The net resultant mixture is laevorotatory because fructose laevorotation is greater than glucose dextrorotation. The sign of rotation shifts from dextro to laevo as a result of sucrose hydrolysis, and the resulting compound is known as invert sugar.</p>

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