Bromodichlorofluoromethane is a tetrahalomethane with the chemical formula . This is a halomethane containing two chlorine atoms, one fluorine atom, and one bromine atom attached to the methane backbone.
Synthesis The compound can be obtained by bromination of dichlorofluoromethane at 475 °C, or by reacting silver dichlorofluoroacetate with bromine, or silver chlorobromofluoroacetate with chlorine:
Chemical properties Bromodichlorofluoromethane reacts with sodium iodide in acetone at 120 °C to produce dichlorofluoroiodomethane:
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