Need help with fermentation!?

What is the equation for the fermentation of alchohol from molasses? Also, include structual formulas to show how the sugar can be converted into an alcohol.

Answer:
dont know how to do structural formula on the internet,but this is the reaction
C12H22O11+H2O--invertase--> C6H12O6+C6H12O6
(please note in the 1st reaction the two products are glucose and fructose hence not written as 2C6H12O6)
C6H12O6--zyamase--> 2C2H5OH+2CO2
Don't know what you mean by molasses... but fermentation equation is C6H12O6 -> 2C2H5OH + 2CO2 and it happens in the presence of yeast, 30-35 deg C, and the glucose has to be in solution =)

Cant do structural formulas on here I don't think, and if 'to show how' means a mechanism, I haven't learnt that.
This is a complicated process, better consult a text on biochemistry.
xsophsx asks:-"Don't know what you mean by molasses"

sugar cane juice is concentrated upto a level;decolurised & then sugar X'ls are allowed to settle- remaining colored residue is known as " mother liquor" which contains Sucrose,but not economical to further seperate sucrose.It is concentrated,which is known as molasses-contains apart from sucrose certain amount of protein,minerals-which is a raw material in Fermentation industry(Alcohol,Penicillin/ci... acid -Citric Acid etc).In india molasses allotment to industries by the Central Government is a big "Politics"
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