tribromomethane
- noun
- /traɪˈbroʊmoʊˌmɛθeɪn/
- Specialized
- Four of the 10 possible THMs regulated as total THMs are trichloromethane (chloroform), tribromomethane (bromoform), bromodichloromethane, and bromochloromethane.
Examples
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In the laboratory, they used tribromomethane as a reagent for their chemical reactions.
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The experiment required tribromomethane, which is essential for synthesizing certain compounds.
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Researchers found that tribromomethane could effectively be used in organic chemistry experiments.
Synonyms
A heavy clear liquid with a sweet smell used in labs to dissolve things
Surface Forms
Morphology
tribromomethane = bromomethane (semi-transparent) = tri + bromo + methane
The numeric prefix 'tri-' straightforwardly marks three substituents on the chemical base 'bromomethane', following standard chemical naming rules.
Etymology
The word tribromomethane breaks into tri- 'three' like in 'triangle', bromo- from 'bromine', and -methane like the simple gas methane. So the name means a methane molecule with three 'bromine' atoms attached, which is why it is heavy and a liquid rather than a light gas.
