Trional
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| Systematic (IUPAC) name | |
| 2,2-bis(ethylsulfonyl)butane | |
| Clinical data | |
| Legal status | Schedule III (US) |
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| CAS number | 76-20-0 |
| ATC code | None |
| PubChem | CID 6433 |
| ChemSpider | 6193  |
| UNII | 217727W28W |
| Chemical data | |
| Formula | C8H18O4S2 |
| Mol. mass | 242.356 g/mol |
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Trional (Methylsulfonal) is a sedative-hypnotic[1] and anesthetic drug with GABAergic actions[citation needed]. It has similar effects to sulfonal, except it is faster acting.[2]
History
Trional was prepared and introduced by Eugen Baumann and Alfred Kast in 1888.[3]
Appeared in Agatha Christie's "Murder On The Orient Express", "And Then There Were None" and other novels as a sleep inducing sedative.
See also
- Sulfonal
- Tetronal
References
- ↑ (1907). Merck's 1907 Index. N. Y.: Merck & Co., p. 448.
- ↑ Sajous, Charles E. (1896). Annual of the Universal Medical Sciences
Philadelphia: F. A. Davis, v. 5, p. A-156. - ↑ Drinkwater, H. (1924). Fifty years of medical progress, 1873-1922.
New York: The Macmillan Company, p. 40.
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