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What features in glucose account for its high solubility in water?

What features account for glucose's high solubility in water? help? thanks!

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1. Glucose has several -OH groups in its structure that can undergo hydrogen bonding to water. Hydrogen bonding occurs when a H that is bonded to O in one molecule is attracted to the O in another molecule by very strong polar attractions. The numerous hydrogen bonds between glucose and water result in a high solubility of glucose in water.