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fluoroiodomethane
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Fluoroiodomethane is the halomethane with the formula FCH2I. Also classified as a fluoroiodocarbon (FIC), it is a colorless liquid. It is a reagent for the introduction of the fluoromethyl (FCH2) group.
Chemical data
- Formula
- CH2FI
- Molecular weight
- 159.929 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- fluoro(iodo)methane
- SMILES
- C(F)I
- InChIKey
- XGVXNTVBGYLJIR-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 1.3
- Polar surface area
- 0 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 1
- Formal charge
- 0
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances
- Mass
- 159.918526
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- chemical formula
- CH₂FI
- canonical SMILES
- C(F)I
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- Fluoroiodomethane
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- Synthesis and uses
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Fluoroiodomethane is the halomethane with the formula FCH2I. Also classified as a fluoroiodocarbon (FIC), it is a colorless liquid. It is a reagent for the introduction of the fluoromethyl (FCH2) group.
==Synthesis and uses== It is prepared by fluorination of methylene iodide.
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