methyl bromide

methyl bromide
a colorless, poisonous gas, CH3Br, used chiefly as a solvent, refrigerant, and fumigant and in organic synthesis. Also called bromomethane.
[1900-05]

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also called  bromomethane 

      a colourless, nonflammable, highly toxic gas (readily liquefied) belonging to the family of organic halogen compounds. It is used as a fumigant against insects and rodents in food, tobacco, and nursery stock; smaller amounts are used in the preparation of other organic compounds.

      Methyl bromide is manufactured by the reaction of methanol with hydrobromic acid; it is slightly soluble in water but miscible with many organic solvents. For use as a fumigant, methyl bromide often is mixed with chloropicrin, which serves as a warning agent because of its intense odour.

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