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Structural formula
Name Fluoromethane Chloromethane Bromomethane Iodomethane
Melting point −137,8 °C [1] −97,4 °C [2] −93,7 °C [3] −66 °C [4]
Boiling point −78,4 °C [1] −23,8 °C [2] 4,0 °C [3] 42 °C [4]
Space-filling model

The monohalomethanes are organic compounds in which a hydrogen atom in methane is replaced by a halogen. They belong to the haloalkanes or to the subgroup of halomethanes.

The four members are fluoromethane, chloromethane, bromomethane and iodomethane.

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