Chemistry:Narcobarbital

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Short description: Chemical compound
Narcobarbital
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FormulaC11H15BrN2O3
Molar mass303.156 g·mol−1
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Narcobarbital (Pronarcon) is a barbiturate derivative developed in 1932 by Carl Heinrich Friedrich Boedecker and Heinrich Gruber Schoneberg, assignors to the firm J. D. Riedel-E. de Haën AG, Berlin, Germany. Later, in 1937, may, was patented in United States.[1] It is an N-methylated derivative of propallylonal and has similar sedative effects. It is still used in veterinary medicine for inducing surgical anaesthesia.[2]

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  1. "Tri-substituted barbituric acid" US patent 2080071, issued 11 May 1937, assigned to J. D. Riedel-E. de Haën AG.
  2. "Position Paper on availability of Veterinary Medicines agreed on 17 March 1999" (PDF). The European Medicines Agency. 1999. pp. 3–8. http://www.ema.europa.eu/docs/en_GB/document_library/Position_statement/2009/10/WC500005171.pdf.