Etaqualone

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Etaqualone
Systematic (IUPAC) name
3-(2-ethylphenyl)-2-methyl-quinazolin-4-one
Clinical data
Pregnancy cat.  ?
Legal status Unscheduled
Identifiers
CAS number 7432-25-9
ATC code None
PubChem CID 23914
ChemSpider 22357 YesY
UNII HFS3HB32J7 YesY
Chemical data
Formula C17H16N2O 
Mol. mass 264.322
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Etaqualone (Aolan, Athinazone, Ethinazone[1]) is an analogue of methaqualone which was developed in the 1960s[2][3] and marketed mainly in France and some other European countries. It has sedative, hypnotic, muscle relaxant and central nervous system depressant properties, and was used for the treatment of insomnia.

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  1. ^ Pflegel, P.; Wagner, G. (1967). "(title in German)" [On the Polarography of 2-Methyl-3-(2-methylphenyl)-3,4-dihydroquinazolinone-(4) (methaqualone, Dormutil) and 2-methyl-3-(2-ethylphenyl-3,4-dihydroquinazolinone-(4) (ethinazone, Aolan). 5. Polarography of Heterocyclic Compounds]. Die Pharmazie (in German) 22 (11): 643–650. PMID 5619478. 
  2. ^ GB patent 936902, "Quinazolinone Derivatives", issued 1963-09-18, assigned to Beiersdorf 
  3. ^ Parmar, S. S.; Kishor, K.; Seth, P. K.; Arora, R. C. (1969). "Role of Alkyl Substitution in 2,3-Disubstituted and 3-Substituted 4-Quinazolones on the Inhibition of Pyruvic Acid Oxidation". Journal of Medical Chemistry 12 (1): 138–141. doi:10.1021/jm00301a035. PMID 4303122.