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bromochlorofluoroiodomethane

bromochlorofluoroiodomethane noun: a theoretical organic molecule made of one carbon atom bonded to four different halogens: bromine, chlorine, fluorine, and iodine (CBrClFI₂). Because all four attached atoms are different, the molecule is chiral, meaning it has two mirror-image forms. It is mainly used as an example in stereochemistry and chirality studies.

bromochlorofluoroiodomethane: a theoretical organic molecule made of one carbon atom bonded to four different halogens: bromine,...
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Noun

bromochlorofluoroiodomethane (uncountable)

  1. A theoretical organic molecule made of one carbon atom bonded to four different halogens: bromine, chlorine, fluorine, and iodine (CBrClFI₂). Because all four attached atoms are different, the molecule is chiral, meaning it has two mirror-image forms. It is mainly used as an example in stereochemistry and chirality studies.

Origin of bromochlorofluoroiodomethane

From bromo- + chloro- + fluoro- + iodo- + methane.

Questions about bromochlorofluoroiodomethane

What does bromochlorofluoroiodomethane mean?
Bromochlorofluoroiodomethane means a theoretical organic molecule made of one carbon atom bonded to four different halogens: bromine, chlorine, fluorine, and iodine (CBrClFI₂). Because all four attached atoms are different, the molecule is chiral, meaning it has two mirror-image forms. It is mainly used as an example in stereochemistry and chirality studies.
What part of speech is bromochlorofluoroiodomethane?
Bromochlorofluoroiodomethane is a noun.

Words near bromochlorofluoroiodomethane in the dictionary

  1. bromobutyronitrile
  2. bromobutyronitriles
  3. bromocarboxylate
  4. bromocarboxylates
  5. bromochlorodifluoromethane
  6. bromochlorofluoroiodomethane
  7. bromochlorofluoromethane
  8. bromochlorofluoromethanes
  9. bromochloromethane
  10. bromochloromethanes
  11. bromochloropropane

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