Like dissolves like meaning Introduction : Like dissolves stand for the nature of the solvent and type

of solute dissolves in to it. In chemistry there are two types of solvent Polar solvent and non polar solvent Polar solvent are the solvent having high dielectric constant like water ammonia e ethyl alcohol methyl alcohol . these molecules are polar on the other hand solvent like benzene , ether , xyleene , toluene are nonpolar in nature . Similarly we can classify the solute substances in to two categories The first categories of polar compounds where the centre of gravity of positive charge does not coincide with the centre of gravity of negative charge like the molecules of NaCl , MgCl2 , HCl , HCOOH , NH3 etc, these substances are either ionic compounds or polar compounds , the polarity is developed due to the difference in electronegaitivity of the atoms make bond in the molecule . the second category of compounds are pure covalent compounds and they are molecular compounds , the centre of gravity of positive charge coincide exactly with the centre of gravity of negative charge examples are hydrocarbons like alkanes , alkenes alkynes benzene ,organic compounds like toluene , xylene etc. Cause of like dissolves like : the polar compounds are dissolved in the polar solvent because the ions present in the molecules make a kind of association with the polar moleculaes of the polar solvent , in case of water it is called hydrogen bonding since the nonpolar compounds can not formm theis association so are noit solble in poar solvent, on the other hand there are inter molecular forces between the nopolar compounds and non polar moleculaes and thus they are easily soluble in non polar solvent thus comes the phrase Like dissolves like.