Barbital

Barbital
Clinical data
Trade namesVeronal, Medinal
AHFS/Drugs.comInternational Drug Names
MedlinePlusa682221
Routes of
administration
By mouth
Drug classBarbiturate
ATC code
Legal status
Legal status
Pharmacokinetic data
Elimination half-life30.3 (± 3.2) hours
Identifiers
  • 5,5-diethylpyrimidine-2,4,6(1H,3H,5H)-trione
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ECHA InfoCard100.000.301 Edit this at Wikidata
Chemical and physical data
FormulaC8H12N2O3
Molar mass184.195 g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)
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  • InChI=1S/C8H12N2O3/c1-3-8(4-2)5(11)9-7(13)10-6(8)12/h3-4H2,1-2H3,(H2,9,10,11,12,13) checkY
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Barbital (or barbitone), sold under the brand names Veronal for the pure acid and Medinal for the sodium salt, was the first commercially available barbiturate. It was used as a sleeping aid (hypnotic) from 1903 until the mid-1950s. The chemical names for barbital are diethylmalonyl urea or diethylbarbituric acid; hence, the sodium salt is known also as sodium diethylbarbiturate.

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