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bromodichloromethane
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Bromodichloromethane is a trihalomethane with formula . It is a colorless, nonflammable liquid which will dissolve in water, or evaporate in air. Most of the chemical is produced through the chlorine disinfection process, and as a result it can occur in municipally-treated drinking water. It is also produced in small quantities by oceanic algae. According to the CDC, levels normal in drinking water are not known to cause health problems, but it has been classified by the US EPA as a probable human carcinogen.
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Vinony's link graph records 82 inbound references to bromodichloromethane, and connects out to Environmental Protection Agency, methyl iodide and hydrogen.
Vinony files it under Bromochloroalkanes, Chembox having GHS data and ECHA InfoCard ID from Wikidata.
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Chemical data
- Formula
- CHBrCl2
- Molecular weight
- 163.83 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- bromo(dichloro)methane
- SMILES
- C(Cl)(Cl)Br
- InChIKey
- FMWLUWPQPKEARP-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 2.4
- Polar surface area
- 0 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 0
- Formal charge
- 0
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Drug data · ChEMBL
- Molecule type
- Small molecule
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Research
425 papersvia PubMed
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- trihalomethane
- Has part
- bromine
- Mass
- 161.864
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- found in taxon
- Mastocarpus stellatus
- chemical formula
- CHBrCl₂
- Commons category
- Bromodichloromethane
- canonical SMILES
- C(Cl)(Cl)Br
- melting point
- -57
- subject has role
- carcinogen
- safety classification and labelling
- Regulation (EC) No. 1272/2008
- boiling point
- 87
- density
- 1.98
- vapor pressure
- 67
- median lethal dose (LD50)
- 430
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Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- Toxicity
- Notes
- External links
Bromodichloromethane is a trihalomethane with formula . It is a colorless, nonflammable liquid which will dissolve in water, or evaporate in air. Most of the chemical is produced through the chlorine disinfection process, and as a result it can occur in municipally-treated drinking water. It is also produced in small quantities by oceanic algae. According to the CDC, levels normal in drinking water are not known to cause health problems, but it has been classified by the US EPA as a probable human carcinogen.
Bromodichloromethane has formerly been used as a flame retardant, and a solvent for fats and waxes and for mineral ore separation. Now it is only used as a reagent or intermediate in organic chemistry. In the US it is only produced in small quantities, which are used for these chemical reasons. For example, it can be used to produce phenyl(bromodichloromethyl)mercury, which is widely used in the production of dichlorocarbene. It can be prepared by treating a mixture of chloroform and bromoform with triethyl-benzylammonium chloride and sodium hydroxide.
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