KCET2023ChemistryBiomolecules
Sucrose is dextrorotatory but after hydrolysis the mixture show laevorotation, this is because of
Options
- Alaevorotation of glucose is more than dextrorotation of fructose.
- Bsucrose is a non-reducing sugar.
- Cracemic mixture is formed.
- Dlaevorotation of fructose is more than dextrorotation of glucose.
Correct answer
D. laevorotation of fructose is more than dextrorotation of glucose.
Step-by-step solution
Sucrose exhibits laevorotation upon hydrolysis due to the specific arrangement of its constituent molecules. When sucrose is hydrolysed, it undergoes a chemical reaction that breaks the glycosidic bond, resulting in the formation of glucose and fructose as individual monosaccharides. Since the rotation of glucose is opposite in sign to that of fructose, their combined effect leads to the observed laevorotation i.e. (laevorotation of fructose is more than dextrorotation of glucose.)