Bromodifluoroiodomethane is a tetrahalomethane with the chemical formula . This is an organic compound containing two fluorine atoms, one bromine atom, and one iodine atom attached to the methane backbone.
Synthesis The compound can be obtained by reacting trifluoromethyltrifluorooxirane with iodine monobromide (IBr) in the presence of nickel to a yield of 13%. It reacts with nitric oxide to produce dark blue nitrosobromodifluoromethane.
When difluorocarbene is formed in the presence of IBr, then bromodifluoroiodomethane is created as a byproduct.
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