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Bromochlorofluoroiodomethane

Ball and stick model of bromochlorofluoroiodomethane (R)

Names

Preferred IUPAC name

Bromo(chloro)fluoro(iodo)methane

Other names

Bromochlorofluoroiodomethane

Identifiers

CAS Number

753-65-1^Y

3D model (JSmol)

Interactive image

ChemSpider

24590921^Y

PubChem CID

57424940

CompTox Dashboard (EPA)

DTXSID70726341

InChI

InChI=1S/CBrClFI/c2-1(3,4)5^Y
Key: XEGUVFFZWHRVAV-UHFFFAOYSA-N^Y

SMILES

FC(Cl)(Br)I

Properties

Chemical formula

CBrClFI

Molar mass

273.27 g·mol⁻¹

Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).

N verify (what is ^YN ?)

Infobox references

Chemical compound

Bromochlorofluoroiodomethane is a hypothetical haloalkane with all four stable halogen substituents present in it.^[1]

Overview

This compound can be seen as a methane molecule, whose four hydrogen atoms are each replaced with a different halogen atom. As the mirror images of this molecule are not superimposable, the molecule has two enantiomers. As one of the simplest such molecules, it is often cited as the prototypical chiral compound.^[2] However, since there is no synthetic route known to produce bromochlorofluoroiodomethane, the related simple chiral compound bromochlorofluoromethane is used instead when such a compound is required for research.

References

^ "bromochlorofluoroiodomethane | chemical compound | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2021-12-27.
^ Comprehensive Organic Functional Group Transformations: Carbon with Three or Four Attached Heteroatoms, Volume 6, Thomas L. Gilchrist (Editor), ISBN 978-0-08-042704-1