Answer:-

Sucrose (C₁₂H₂₂O₁₁) exhibits dextrorotatory optical activity (+66.5°). When sucrose undergoes hydrolysis, either through dilute acid or an enzyme known as invertase, it produces an equimolar mixture of D-(+)-glucose and D-(–)-fructose.

Notably, fructose demonstrates a laevorotation of (–92.4°), which is more significant than the dextrorotation of glucose (+52.7°). Consequently, the hydrolysis product displays a net laevorotation. This transformation of sucrose through hydrolysis is referred to as the inversion of sucrose.