Pentobarbital | |
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Salts [] | |
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Sodium pentobarbital | |
Molecular structure via molpic | |
Conformer structure via 3Dmol.js | |
Molecular formula | C11H18N2O3[1] |
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Molecular mass | 226.27 g/mol[1] |
Appearance | Crystals from alcohol[1] |
Odor | Practically odorless[1] |
Predicted LogP | 2.1[1] |
Melting point | 130 °C[1] |
Decomposition | When heated to decomposition it emits toxic fumes of /nitric oxide/.[1] |
Solubility | A white, hygroscopic, crystalline powder or granules, odorless or with a slight characteristic odor, with a slightly bitter taste. Very sol in water and alcohol; practically insol in ether. A 10% soln in water has pH of 9.6 to 11 and slowly decomposes. /Pentobarbitone sodium/[1] |
Chirality | racemic[2] |
Identifiers [] | |
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IUPAC name | 5-ethyl-5-pentan-2-yl-1,3-diazinane-2,4,6-trione[1] |
SMILES | CCCC(C)C1(C(=O)NC(=O)NC1=O)CC[1] |
InChI | InChI=1S/C11H18N2O3/c1-4-6-7(3)11(5-2)8(14)12-10(16)13-9(11)15/h7H,4-6H2,1-3H3,(H2,12,13,14,15,16)[1] |
InChIKey | WEXRUCMBJFQVBZ-UHFFFAOYSA-N[1] |
Dosing | |
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Elimination half-life | 15–48 hours |
Pentobarbital
Pentobarbital (also known as Pentobarbitone, Mebubarbital, Ethaminal, Pentobarbituric acid, Dorsital, Rivadorm, Pentobarbiturate, Neodorm, Pentobarbitalum or Aethaminalum) is a substance of the barbiturate class.
Chemistry
Pentobarbital is typically found in the form of its sodium salt.
Stereochemistry
(RS)-Pentobarbital is a racemic mixture of the optical stereoisomers:
Stereoisomers [] |
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Legal status
- Australia: Pentobarbital is a S8 substance.
- Brazil: Pentobarbital is a B1 substance.
- Canada: Pentobarbital is a Schedule IV substance.
- Germany: Pentobarbital is a Anlage III substance.
- United Kingdom: Pentobarbital is a Class B substance.
- United States: Pentobarbital is a Schedule II substance.
- United Nations: Pentobarbital is a Schedule III substance.
See also
External links
- Pentobarbital (Wikipedia)
- Pentobarbital / (+)-Pentobarbital / (-)-Pentobarbital (Wikidata)
- Pentobarbital (DrugBank)
- Pentobarbital / (+)-Pentobarbital / (-)-Pentobarbital (PubChem)
- Pentobarbital (ChEMBL)
- Pentobarbital (ChEBI)
- Pentobarbital / (+)-Pentobarbital / (-)-Pentobarbital (Common Chemistry)
- Pentobarbital (HMDB)
- Pentobarbital (KEGG)
- Pentobarbital / (+)-Pentobarbital / (-)-Pentobarbital (UNII)
- Pentobarbital (EPA DSSTox)