Which one of the following statement is correct about sucrose :

Options

A. It can reduce tollen's reagent however cannot reduce fehling's reagent
B. It undergoes mutarotation like glucose and fructose
C. It undergoes inversion in the configuration on hydrolysis
D. It is laevorotatory in nature

Answer

C

Explanation

Sucrose is dextrorotatory but after hydrolysis gives dextrorotatory glucose and laevorotatory fructose. Hydrolysis of sucrose brings changes about a change with sign of rotation from dextro (+) is laevo (-) and the product is named as invert sugar.