How do you figure out a molecule's solubility in water?

How do you figure out a molecule's solubility in water if you are trying to rank solubility among both polar and nonpolar molecules?

1 Answer
Mar 9, 2018

In most of the cases, solubility follows the rule like dissolves like.
What means that polar solutes will be dissolved in polar solvents, nonpolar in nonpolar.

Explanation:

Water is polar solvent what means that nonpolar molecules won`t be dissolved.Polar molecules will be dissolved.