In a laboratory investigation, acetic acid is esterified in the liquid phase with ethanol at \(373.15 \mathrm{~K}\) and \(1 \mathrm{~atm}\) pressure to produce ethyl acetate and water according to the reaction

\[ \mathrm{CH}_{3} \mathrm{COOH}(\mathrm{l})+\mathrm{C}_{2} \mathrm{H}_{5} \mathrm{OH}(\mathrm{l}) \rightarrow \mathrm{CH}_{3} \mathrm{COOC}_{2} \mathrm{H}_{5}(\mathrm{l})+\mathrm{H}_{2} \mathrm{O}(\mathrm{l}) \]

If initially there is 1 mol each of acetic acid and ethanol, estimate the mole fraction of ethyl acetate in the reacting mixture at equilibrium by using the following data:

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Components AH,298 (kJ) AG298 (kJ) CH3COOH (1) -484.5 -389.9 CHOH(1) -277.69 -174.78 CH3COOCH5(1) -480,0 -332.2 HO(1) -285.83 -237.13