sugar is a covalent compound,yet it is soluble in water. why?
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Sugar is covalent compount yet it is soluble because they contain O-H groups that can H-bond to the water. Nonpolar compounds like hydrocarbons have weak intermolecular attractive forces. ... Its molecules have little attraction to each other or to the water molecules.
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- Socratic Sugar and ethanol are covalent compounds that are soluble in water, because they contain O-H groups that can H-bond to the water. Nonpolar compounds like hydrocarbons have weak intermolecular attractive forces. ... The water molecules, on the other hand, are strongly attracted to each other.
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