Difluoro Dichloro Methane

Dichlorodifluoromethane (R-12), is a colourless gas, and usually sold under the brand name Freon-12, is a chlorofluorocarbon halomethane (CFC), used as a refrigerant and aerosol spray propellant. Complying with the Montreal Protocol, its manufacture was banned in the United States along with many other countries in 1994 due to concerns about damage to the ozone layer. It is soluble in many organic solvents. It can be prepared by reacting carbon tetrachloride with hydrogen fluoride in the presence of a catalytic amount of antimony pentachloride. This reaction can also produce trichlorofluoromethane (CCl₃F), chlorotrifluoromethane (CClF₃) and tetrafluoromethane (CF₄).