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bromoform
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Bromoform is an organic compound with the chemical formula . It is a colorless liquid at room temperature, with a high refractive index and a very high density. Its sweet odor is similar to that of chloroform. It is one of the four haloforms, the others being fluoroform, chloroform, and iodoform. It is a brominated organic solvent. Currently its main use is as a laboratory reagent. It is very slightly soluble in water (one part bromoform in 800 parts water) and is miscible with alcohol, benzene, chloroform, ether, petroleum ether, acetone and oils.
Chemical data
- Formula
- CHBr3
- Molecular weight
- 252.73 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- bromoform
- SMILES
- C(Br)(Br)Br
- InChIKey
- DIKBFYAXUHHXCS-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 2.8
- Polar surface area
- 0 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 0
- Formal charge
- 0
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Research
610 papers- Bromoform.IARC monographs on the evaluation of carcinogenic risks to humans · 1999
- Bromoform.IARC monographs on the evaluation of carcinogenic risks to humans · 1991
- β-Dicarbonyls Facilitate Engineered Microbial Bromoform Biosynthesis.ACS synthetic biology · 2024
- Pharmacokinetics of bromoform in dairy heifers.New Zealand veterinary journal · 2024
- Bromoform.The Hospital · 1899
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Wikidata facts
- Mass
- 249.762836332
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- vapor pressure
- 5
- ionization energy
- 10.48
- canonical SMILES
- C(Br)(Br)Br
- Commons category
- Bromoform
- chemical formula
- CHBr₃
- NIOSH Pocket Guide ID
- 0066
- density
- 2.89
- immediately dangerous to life or health
- 8789
- melting point
- 8.05
- boiling point
- 149.1
- solubility
- 0.1
- time-weighted average exposure limit
- 5
- partition coefficient water/octanol
- 2.38
- electric dipole moment
- 0.99
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- Structure
- Synthesis
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- Environment and toxicology
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Bromoform is an organic compound with the chemical formula . It is a colorless liquid at room temperature, with a high refractive index and a very high density. Its sweet odor is similar to that of chloroform. It is one of the four haloforms, the others being fluoroform, chloroform, and iodoform. It is a brominated organic solvent. Currently its main use is as a laboratory reagent. It is very slightly soluble in water (one part bromoform in 800 parts water) and is miscible with alcohol, benzene, chloroform, ether, petroleum ether, acetone and oils.
==Structure== The molecule adopts tetrahedral molecular geometry with C3v symmetry.