bromo(chloro)methane

A summary of the most common chemical descriptors (InChI Key and SMILES codes) for bromo(chloro)methane are summarized together with 3D and 2D structures and relevant physico-chemical properties.

What is bromo(chloro)methane?

The molecule bromo(chloro)methane presents a molecular formula of CH2BrCl and its IUPAC name is bromanyl(chloranyl)methane.

3D structure

Cartesian coordinates

Geometry of bromo(chloro)methane in x, y and z coordinates (Å units) to copy/paste elsewhere. Generated with Open Babel software.

2D drawing

 

bromo(chloro)methane JPOXNPPZZKNXOV-UHFFFAOYSA-N chemical compound 2D structure molecule svg
bromo(chloro)methane

 

Molecule descriptors

 
IUPAC namebromo(chloro)methane
InChI codeInChI=1S/CH2BrCl/c2-1-3/h1H2
InChI KeyJPOXNPPZZKNXOV-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILESC(Cl)Br

Physico-Chemical properties

IUPAC namebromanyl(chloranyl)methane
Molecular formulaCH2BrCl
Molecular weight129.38
Melting point (ºC)
Boiling point (ºC)
Density (g/cm3)
Molar refractivity
LogP1.7
Topological polar surface area0

LogP and topological polar surface area (TPSA) values were estimated using Open Babel software.

The n-octanol/water partition coeficient (Kow) data is applied in toxicology and drug research. Kow values are used, to guess the environmental fate of persistent organic pollutants. High partition coefficients values, tend to accumulate in the fatty tissue of organisms. Molecules with a log(Kow) (or LogP) greater than 5 are considered to bioaccumulate.

TPSA values are the sum of the surface area over all polar atoms or molecules, mainly oxygen and nitrogen, also including hydrogen atoms.

In medicinal chemistry, TPSA is used to assess the ability of a drug to permeabilise cells.

For molecules to penetrate the blood-brain barrier (and act on receptors in the central nervous system), TPSA values below 90 Å2 are required. Thus, molecules with a polar surface area greater than 140 Å2 tend to be poorly permeable to cell membranes.