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Chlorodifluoromethane or difluoromonochloromethane is a hydrochlorofluorocarbon (HCFC). This colorless gas is better known as HCFC-22, or R-22. It is commonly used as a propellant and refrigerant. R-22 is a versatile intermediate in industrial organofluorine chemistry, e.g. as a precursor to tetrafluoroethylene. R-22 cylinders are colored light green.
R-22 is prepared from chloroform:
HCCl3 + 2 HF → HCF2Cl + 2 HCl
An important application of R-22 is as a precursor to tetrafluoroethylene. This conversion involves pyrolysis to give difluorocarbene, which dimerizes:[4]2 CHClF2 → C2F4 + 2 HClSource: Infogalactic, Chlorodifluoromethane
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