acrylonitrile and ethyl acetate have the same boiling point 77.2 celsius in one to two sentances explain what outcome you would exoect if a mixture of these two substances were disstilled

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If a mixture of acrylonitrile and ethyl acetate, both with a boiling point of 77.2 °C, were distilled, we would expect to have a difficulty in separating them effectively via simple distillation because they would likely distill off together, resulting in a mixture of both substances in the distillate rather than a pure compound. Fractional distillation could improve separation by taking advantage of any slight differences in boiling points or by utilizing their differing volatilities.