well, lemme try to bee more precise: when you steam-distill, say, a myristicine from nutmeg, or something else that don't mix w/ water, the combined vapours pressure equals to partial pressures sum, when they reach atmospheric, the mixture distills.
okay, but that is'n true for things soluble in water, e.g. amines in freebase form. but they do steam-distill okay, even better than insoluble oils. i'm asking what's the mechanisc in this case? something with hydrogen bonds?
Smiles, CN