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Thiobutabarbital


Thiobutabarbital
Systematic (IUPAC) name
5-butan-2-yl-5-ethyl-2-sulfanylidene-1,3-diazinane-4,6-dione
Identifiers
CAS number	2095-57-0
ATC code	?
PubChem	3032373
Chemical data
Formula	C₁₀H₁₆N₂O₂S
Mol. mass	228.312 g/mol
Synonyms	Thiobutabarbital, Inactin, Brevinarcon, 5-sec-Butyl-5-ethyl-2-thiobarbituric acid
Pharmacokinetic data
Bioavailability	?
Metabolism	?
Half life	?
Excretion	?
Therapeutic considerations
Pregnancy cat.	?
Legal status
Routes	?

Thiobutabarbital (Inactin, Brevinarcon) is a short-acting barbiturate derivative invented in the 1950s. It has sedative, anticonvulsant and hypnotic effects, and is still used in veterinary medicine for induction in surgical anaesthesia ^[1]

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References

^ Rieg T, Richter K, Osswald H, Vallon V. Kidney function in mice: thiobutabarbital versus alpha-chloralose anesthesia. Naunyn Schmiedebergs Archives of Pharmacology. 2004 Oct;370(4):320-3.

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