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Sugar is soluble in water due to:


A

High solvation energy

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B

Hydrogen bond formation with water

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C

High dipole moment of water

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D

Ionic charachter of sugar

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Solution

The correct option is B

Hydrogen bond formation with water


Explanation for correct option

Option (B) Hydrogen bond formation with water.

  • The polar water molecules have the capability to attract the negative and positive areas on the polar sucrose molecules which makes sucrose dissolve in water.
  • Sucrose has some polar parts that interact with polar water molecules forming a bond.

Explanation for incorrect option

Option (A) High Solvation Energy :

  • Solvation energy is the change in the Gibbs free energy of a solvent when a solute is dissolved in that solvent.
  • Sugar solution does not have much solvation energy.
  • Thus it is an incorrect option

Option (C) High dipole moment:

  • Sucrose is not a polar compound and have some polar parts, thus does not have a dipole moment.
  • Thus this option is incorrect

Option (D) Ionic character of sugar

  • sugar is a covalent compound and does not have ionic character.
  • Thus it is an incorrect option

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