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What features of aspirin make it soluble in water?

what features of the molecules reduce its solubility in water please i need help, if you can also direct me to a website that does have this info that would also be very useful. thank you thanks george especially for the second part, but im not too sure about the first part (there is one ketone group but a carboxyl too)

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1. I can't find any information either but looking at the molecule, I can guess the answers but I'm not sure if you should accept my answers. Each molecule has 2 ketone groups in it, which will allow water solubility. The electrons in the double bonded oxygens can form intermolecular hydrogen bonds with the surronding water molecules, these bonds with water molecules is what causes it to 'dissolve'. The part of the molecule which reduces its solubility is the organic benzene ring that is at the centre of the molecule. Benzene rings are non-polar and are hydrophobic. They would reduce a molecule's solubility in water as they can not form interactions with water. I hope it helps but I'm unsure.