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Glucose and Sucrose are soluble in water but cyclohexane or benzene are insoluble in water. Explain.

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Glucose contain five -OH groups and sucrose contains eight -OH groups in their molecules. These -OH groups from hydrogen bonds with water. So glucose and sucrose are soluble in water.
But cyclohexane and benzene do not contain -OH groups. So they cannot form hydrogen bonds with water and are insoluble. Moreover, cyclohexane and benzene are non-planar compounds and such compounds do not dissolve in polar solvents like water.
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