Chemistry:Bromodichloromethane

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Bromodichloromethane
Bromodichloromethane displayed.svg
Names
Preferred IUPAC name
Bromo(dichloro)methane
Other names
Bromodichloromethane
Dichlorobromomethane
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
1697005
ChEBI
ChEMBL
ChemSpider
EC Number
  • 200-856-7
25941
KEGG
RTECS number
  • PA5310000
UNII
UN number 2810 3082
Properties
CHBrCl2
Molar mass 163.8 g/mol
Appearance Colorless liquid
Density 1.980 g/cm3
Melting point −57 °C (−71 °F; 216 K)
Boiling point 90 °C (194 °F; 363 K)
4.5 g/L at 20 °C
-66.3·10−6 cm3/mol
1.4964
Hazards
GHS pictograms GHS07: HarmfulGHS08: Health hazard
GHS Signal word Danger
H302, H315, H319, H335, H350
P201, P202, P261, P264, P270, P271, P280, P281, P301+312, P302+352, P304+340, P305+351+338, P308+313, P312, P321, P330, P332+313, P337+313, P362, P403+233, P405, P501
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Bromodichloromethane is a trihalomethane with formula CHBrCl
2
.

Bromodichloromethane has formerly been used as a flame retardant, and a solvent for fats and waxes and because of its high density for mineral separation. Now it is only used as a reagent or intermediate in organic chemistry.

Bromodichloromethane can also occur in municipally-treated drinking water as a by-product of the chlorine disinfection process.[1]

According to the Environmental Working Group, a non-profit organization that strives to educate consumers about potential chemical and environmental health risks, bromodichloromethane can increase the risk of cancer, harm to reproduction and child development, and may cause changes to fetal growth and development in when present in quantities higher than 0.06 parts per billion (ppb).[2] This data largely comes from studies reviewed or conducted by the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment. [3] No standards regulating the presence of bromodichloromethane in drinking water currently exist in the United States.[4]

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