a Sucrose is called an invert sugar because there is a change in the sign of rotation from dextro before hydrolysis to leavo after hydrolysis. Sucrose on hydrolysis gives equimolar mixture of $D-(+)$ glucose and $D-(-)$ fructose.
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It is best to carry out reactions with sugars in neutral or acid medium and not in alkaline medium. This is because in alkaline medium sugars undergo one of the following changes