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Iodine does not solve particulary well in polar solvents like water because it is not -and cannot form- one or more ions in solution.

The solubility increases much by the 'help' of 'co-soluted' iodide ions (I-) according to:

I- + I2 --> I3- (so-called Iodine-Iodide complex ions)

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