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Tetronal
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Identifiers
  • 3,3-bis(ethylsulfonyl)pentane
CAS Number
PubChem CID
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Chemical and physical data
FormulaC9H20O4S2
Molar mass256.383 g/mol g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)
  • CCC(CC)(S(=O)(=O)CC)S(=O)(=O)CC
  • InChI=1S/C9H20O4S2/c1-5-9(6-2,14(10,11)7-3)15(12,13)8-4/h5-8H2,1-4H3
  • Key:VTZYVPLHCQBWSP-UHFFFAOYSA-N
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Tetronal is a sedative-hypnotic[1] and anesthetic drug with GABAergic actions[citation needed]. It is not as effective as trional.[2]

History

Tetronal was prepared and introduced by Eugen Baumann and Alfred Kast in 1888.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ (1907). Merck's 1907 Index. N. Y.: Merck & Co., p. 436.
  2. ^ Coblentz, Virgil (1908). The Newer Remedies.
    Boston: Apothecary Publishing Co., p. 123.
  3. ^ Drinkwater, H. (1924). Fifty years of medical progress, 1873-1922.
    New York: The Macmillan Company, p. 40.