Dihalomethane

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The dihalomethanes are organic compounds in which two hydrogen atoms in methane are replaced by a halogen. They belong to the haloalkanes or to the subgroup of halomethanes and contains ten members.

There are four members with only one sort of halogenes: Difluoromethane, Dichloromethane, Dibromomethane and Diiodomethane.

There are six members with two sorts of halogenes:

• Bromochloromethane
• Bromofluoromethane
• Bromoiodomethane
• Chlorofluoromethane
• Chloroiodomethane
• Fluoroiodomethane

See also[]

• Monohalomethane
• Trihalomethane
• Tetrahalomethane

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