Bromofluoroiodomethane is a trihalomethane with the chemical formula . This complex organic compound is characterized by having three halogen atoms—fluorine, bromine, and iodine—attached to a methane backbone. The molecule is chiral.
Synthesis The compound can be prepared by reacting silver bromoacetate with iodine at 180-260 °C in a vacuum, or by reacting diiodomethane with mercury difluoride at 60 °C.
Ethyl zinc iodide reacts with difluoroiodomethane to produce difluoromethyl zinc iodide, which is tautomerized with fluoroiodomethyl zinc fluoride. It can also react with bromine to produce bromofluoroiodomethane.
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