Glucose or sucrose are soluble in water but cyclohexane or bezene (simple six membered ring compounds) are insoluble in water. Explain.

Explanation

The solubility of a solute in a given solvent follows the rule 'Like dissolves like'. Glucose contains five and sucrose contains eight `-OH` group. These `-OH` groups form H-bonds with water. As a result of this extensive intermoleeular H-bonding, glucose and sucrose are soluble in water. on the other hand, benzene and cyclohexane do not contain `-OH` bonds and hence do not form H-bonds with water. Moreover, they are non-polar molecules and hence do not dissolve in polar water molecules.