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Chloromethanes (liquid)
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Chemicals
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Functional Organic Products
Sub-Family
Organic Chlorides
Physical State

Liquid

Product
Chloroform
Abbreviation
TCM
Names
Trichloromethane; Freon 20; Methane Trichloride; Methyl Trichloride; Methenyl Trichloride; Methenyl Chloride; Refrigerant-20
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#chloralkali

Description

Chloroform is an organic compound with formula CHCl3. It is a colorless, sweet-smelling, dense liquid that is produced on a large scale as a precursor to PTFE and refrigerants, but the latter application is declining. It is one of the four chloromethanes and a trihalomethane.

In industry, chloroform is produced by heating a mixture of chlorine and either chloromethane or methane. At 400–500 °C, a free radical halogenation occurs, converting these precursors to progressively more chlorinated compounds:

CH4 + Cl2 → CH3Cl + HCl
CH3Cl + Cl2 → CH2Cl2 + HCl
CH2Cl2 + Cl2 → CHCl3 + HCl


Chloroform undergoes further chlorination to yield carbon tetrachloride (CCl4):

CHCl3 + Cl2 → CCl4 + HCl


The output of this process is a mixture of the four chloromethanes (chloromethane, dichloromethane, chloroform, and carbon tetrachloride), which can then be separated by distillation.

Source: Infogalactic, Chlorofom.

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Trichloromethane Molecule https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chloroform
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Identifiers
logo CAS Number
67-66-3
logo EC Number
200-663-8
logo ECHA InfoCard
100.000.603
logo IUPAC Name
Trichloromethane
logo PubChem ID
6212
Chemical Data
Chemical Formula

CHCl3

Molecular Weight (g/mol)
119.37
Boiling Point (°C)
61.15
Melting Point (°C)
-63.5
Sulfur Content (wt%)
0
Specific Gravity
1.49
Crude Data
API Gravity
-36.47
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