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Chlorodibromomethane
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Dibromochloromethane is a colorless to yellow, heavy and nonflammable compound with formula . It is a trihalomethane. The substance has a sweet odour. Small quantities of dibromochloromethane are produced in ocean by algae.
Chemical data
- Formula
- CHBr2Cl
- Molecular weight
- 208.28 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- dibromo(chloro)methane
- SMILES
- C(Cl)(Br)Br
- InChIKey
- GATVIKZLVQHOMN-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 2.6
- 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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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- trihalomethane
- Mass
- 205.813351912
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- chemical formula
- CHBr₂Cl
- melting point
- -22.0
- canonical SMILES
- C(Cl)(Br)Br
- Commons category
- Dibromochloromethane
- subject has role
- carcinogen
- boiling point
- 121.0
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Applications
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- References
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Dibromochloromethane is a colorless to yellow, heavy and nonflammable compound with formula . It is a trihalomethane. The substance has a sweet odour. Small quantities of dibromochloromethane are produced in ocean by algae.
==Applications== Dibromochloromethane was formerly used as a flame retardant and as an intermediate in chemicals manufacturing. Today it is used only as a laboratory reagent. Dibromochloromethane is also a disinfection byproduct, formed by the reaction of chlorine with natural organic matter and bromide ions in the raw water supply. As a result, it is commonly found in chlorinated drinking water. Also, it is able to reduce methane production in ruminants by 79 %
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