text: Bromotrifluoromethane is commercially synthesized in a two-step process from chloroform. Chloroform is fluorinated with hydrogen fluoride.
  CHCl3 + 3 HF → CHF3 + 3 HCl
  The resulting Fluoroform is then reacted with elemental bromine.
  CHF3 + Br2 → CF3Br + HBr