• Indeed, and, damnit too late. Dichloromethane is a single molecule (CH2Cl2), consisting of one carbon atom, two hydrogen atoms, and two cholorine atoms replacing the hydrogen atoms which would be present in normal methane. It has no ingredients, unless you count individual atoms as ingredients, which would be a highly unusual use of the word.

  • Given the way Chloroform is synthesised, it would probably be more accurate to say that dichloromethane is the main ingredient in chloroform :-)

    CH2Cl2 + Cl2 → CHCl3 + HCl

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