Thiobutabarbital

Thiobutabarbital
	File:Thiobutabarbital.svg
Clinical data
Synonyms	Thiobutabarbital, Inactin, Brevinarcon, 5-sec-Butyl-5-ethyl-2-thiobarbituric acid
Identifiers
	IUPAC name 5-butan-2-yl-5-ethyl-2-sulfanylidene-1,3-diazinane-4,6-dione;
CAS Number	2095-57-0;
PubChem CID	3032373;
E number	{{#property:P628}}
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Chemical and physical data
Formula	C10H16N2O2S
Molar mass	228.312 g/mol

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]

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.