Dibromochloromethane
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| Preferred IUPAC name Dibromo(chloro)methane | |
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| Identifiers | |
| 3D model (JSmol) | |
| Abbreviations | CDBM | 
| 1731046 | |
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| ECHA InfoCard | 100.004.277 | 
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| MeSH | chlorodibromomethane | 
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| Properties | |
| CHBr2Cl | |
| Molar mass | 208.28 g·mol−1 | 
| Appearance | Colorless liquid | 
| Density | 2.451 g mL−1 | 
| Melting point | −22 °C (−8 °F; 251 K) | 
| Boiling point | 119 to 120 °C (246 to 248 °F; 392 to 393 K) at 99.7 kPa | 
| log P | 2.206 | 
| Henry's law constant (kH) | 8.6 μmol Pa−1 kg−1 | 
| −75.1·10−6 cm3/mol | |
| Refractive index (nD) | 1.547 | 
| Hazards | |
| GHS labelling: | |
| Warning | |
| H302 | |
| Lethal dose or concentration (LD, LC): | |
| LD50 (median dose) | 370 mg kg−1 (oral, rat) | 
| Related compounds | |
| Related alkanes | |
| Related compounds | 2-Chloroethanol | 
| Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa). Infobox references | |
Dibromochloromethane is a colorless to yellow, heavy and nonflammable compound with formula CHBr
2Cl. It is a trihalomethane.
The substance has a sweet odour.  Small quantities of dibromochloromethane are produced in ocean by algae.