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Polar substances are likely to dissolve in polar solvents. For example, ionic compounds, which are very polar, are often soluble in the polar solvent water. Nonpolar substances are likely to dissolve in nonpolar solvents.or example, the solution of sodium hydroxide is exothermic, and the solution of sodium chloride is somewhat endothermic. Even if the solution is slightly endothermic, the tendency to shift to the higher entropy solution often makes ionic compounds soluble in water.
Water is an excellent solvent for both ionic compounds (e.g., NaCl) and low molecular weight nonionic polar compounds (e.g., sugars and alcohols). Ionic compounds are soluble because water can overcome the electrostatic attraction between ions through solvation of the ions. Nonionic polar compounds are soluble because water molecules can form hydrogen bonds to polar groups (e.g., âOH). Amphipathic compounds, which contain both large nonpolar hydrocarbon chains (hydrophobic groups) and polar or ionic groups (hydrophilic groups) may associate with each other in submicroscopic aggregations called micelles.