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It is best to carry out reactions with s...

It is best to carry out reactions with sugars in neutral or acid medium not in alkaline medium. This is because in alkaline medium sugar undergoes one of the following changes.

A

Decomposition

B

Inversion

C

Rearrangement

D

Racemization

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