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Usage

Uses

Used in Fire Suppression Systems:
Bromochlorofluoromethane is used as a fire extinguishing agent for its exceptional ability to suppress fires without causing damage to equipment or leaving residue. Its nonflammable and noncorrosive properties make it suitable for use in various industries where fire safety is critical.
Used in Aviation Industry:
In the aviation industry, bromochlorofluoromethane is used as a fire suppressant in aircraft systems to ensure the safety of passengers and crew by effectively controlling fires in confined spaces.
Used in Military Applications:
Bromochlorofluoromethane is utilized in military applications for fire suppression in sensitive equipment and vehicles, where its rapid and effective fire-extinguishing capabilities are crucial.
However, it is important to note that due to the ozone-depleting properties of bromochlorofluoromethane, its production has been phased out under the Montreal Protocol. This international treaty aims to reduce the production and use of substances that deplete the ozone layer. As a result, bromochlorofluoromethane is being gradually replaced by alternative, more environmentally friendly fire suppression agents in various applications.

InChI:InChI=1/CHBrClF/c2-1(3)4/h1H

Upstream product

• 354-03-0 Fluorochlorobromoacetic acid 
• 421-34-1 (-)-1-bromo-1-chloro-1-fluoro-propan-2-one 
• 421-34-1 (+)-1-bromo-1-chloro-1-fluoro-propan-2-one 
• 359-16-0 bromo-fluoro-acetic acid ; silver-salt 
• 7782-50-5 chlorine 
• 123266-76-2 C₂₁H₂₂N₂O₂*C₂HBrClFO₂ 
• 124-48-1 chlorodibromomethane 

Relevant academic research and scientific papers

Synthetic routes for a variety of halogenated (chiral) acetic acids from diethyl malonate

Chiral halomethane is the smallest stable molecule with a single asymmetric C-atom and halogenated acetic acids often serve as precursors. We focus on a synthetic route to synthesise chiral halogenated acetic acids with F, Cl, Br, and H/D isotopic substitution at the α-C-atom starting from diethyl malonate. This reactant is easily available, cheap and allows the obtainment of target acids in a few reaction steps with great versatility. Among all of the possible fully halogenated acetic acids (more than one hundred, which are, in principle, accessible by this route), there are only a small number of chiral halogenated acetic acids, which have been synthesized following the devised synthetic route.

Fermi Resonance Structure and Femtosecond Quantum Dynamics of a Chiral Molecule from the Analysis of Vibrational Overtone Spectra of CHBrClF

The rovibrational spectra of bromochlorofluoromethane (CHBrClF) were measured at intermediate (0.1 cm-1) and high resolution (0.001 cm-1) between the far infrared (20 cm-1) and the visible range of the spectrum (14000 cm-1) by interferometric Fourier transform techniques and diode laser techniques in stationary samples and supersonic jets.All fundamentals and numerous combinations and overtone transitions could be assigned and their band positions and integrated strengths were determined.A quantitative interpretation of the complex multiple resonance structure of the CH chromophore spectra (about 50 assigned bands) is given in terms of an effective anharmonic CH-stretching-bending Hamiltonian and in terms of vibrational variational calculations on a 3-dimensional grid using ab initio (MP2 and B3LYP) and empirically adjusted potential hypersurfaces for the CH chromophore normal coordinate subspace.The systematic analysis of anharmonic resonances of the alkyl CH chromophore in symmetric top (C3v) and asymmetric top (Cs) molecules is herewith extended to chiral molecules.We provide a detailed analysis of the chiral Cs symmetry breaking coupling in the effective Hamiltonian (coupling constant /k'sab/ ca. (20 +/- 10) cm-1) and in the potential (Csab and further terms) and their relationship.The implications for the femtosecond intramolecular dynamics for CHBrClF are discussed in terms of quantum dynamical results for time-dependent populations, survival probabilities, wavepackets and also time-dependent symmetries and their violations (formal a' and a'' species for vibrational Cs and l quantum number for vibrational Cinfinite v symmetry).We have also developed an improved synthesis of CHBrClF, which is suitable for the preparation of large quantities (several mol) of the pure (racemic) compound, and have demonstrated enantiomer separation by gas chromatography. - Keywords: Chemical Kinetics; Elementary Reactions; Intramolecular Kinetics; Molecular Structure; Spectroscopy, Infrared; Wave Functions

Analytical Optical Resolution of Bromochlorofluoromethane by Enantioselective Inclusion into a Tailor-Made "Cryptophane" and Determination of Its Maximum Rotation

Analytical optical resolution of bromochlorofluoromethane (1) has been achieved by 1H NMR spectroscopy by inclusion of the haloform within the cavity of a chiral host molecule (5) (cryptophane-C) designed to fit substrates of this size.The diastereometric