ChloroformChloroform, or trichloromethane (often abbreviated as TCM), is an organochlorine compound and a trihalomethane with the formula CHCl3 and a common solvent. It is a volatile, colorless, sweet-smelling, dense liquid produced on a large scale as a precursor to refrigerants and polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE). Read from the Chembox of the Wikipedia article Chloroform, revision 1380228886.

Property

Value

Formula

CHCl3, 119.38 g/mol

Melting point

-63.5 °C

Boiling point

61.15 °C

Density

1.564 g/cm³

pKa

15.7

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