Dibromofluoromethane is a mixed halomethane.[1] It is soluble in alcohol, acetone, benzene and chloroform. It is prepared from dibromomethane and antimony(III) fluoride.[2]
Applications
It can be used to prepare bromofluoromethane by reductive debromination with organotin hydride as tributyltin hydride.[3]
Regulations
Its ozone depletion potential (ODP) is 1.0 and it is included in list of Class I Ozone-Depleting Substances.
References
- ^ "Dibromofluoromethane solution". Sigma Aldrich. sigmaaldrich.com. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
- ^ Bernd Baasner (2014), Houben-Weyl Methods of Organic Chemistry Vol. E 10a, 4th Edition Supplement Organo-Fluorine Compounds - Fluorinating Agents and Their Application in Organic Synthesis, Georg Thieme Verlag, p. 517, ISBN 978-3-13-181544-6
- ^ US patent 5189229A, Robinson, John M., "Debrominating dibromofluoromethane with tributyltin hydride", published 28 February 1989, issued 23 February 1993, assigned to Glaxo Group
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