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Invert sugar

The equimolar mixture of glucose and fructose produced by hydrolysis (inversion) of sucrose; laevorotatory overall because fructose's negative rotation exceeds glucose's positive rotation; the change in optical rotation during hydrolysis is the basis of the Clerget method.

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Biot equationChiralityDextrorotatory (+)Enantiomeric excess (ee)EnantiomersLaevorotatory (-)Laurent half-shade polarimeterOIML R 139Optical rotation (α)SaccharimeterSpecific optical rotation ([α])

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