[1] It is soluble in alcohol, acetone, benzene and chloroform.

It is prepared from dibromomethane and antimony(III) fluoride.

[2] It can be used to prepare bromofluoromethane by reductive debromination with organotin hydride as tributyltin hydride.

[3] Its ozone depletion potential (ODP) is 1.0 and it is included in list of Class I Ozone-Depleting Substances.

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