Ethadione

Not to be confused with ethanedione or ethenedione.
Ethadione
Clinical data
ATC code
Identifiers
  • 3-Ethyl-5,5-dimethyl-1,3-oxazolidine-2,4-dione
CAS Number
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ECHA InfoCard100.007.544 Edit this at Wikidata
Chemical and physical data
FormulaC7H11NO3
Molar mass157.169 g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)
  • O=C1N(C(=O)OC1(C)C)CC
  • InChI=1S/C7H11NO3/c1-4-8-5(9)7(2,3)11-6(8)10/h4H2,1-3H3 checkY
  • Key:SIGSNYAYBSJATD-UHFFFAOYSA-N checkY
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Ethadione is an anticonvulsant medication in the oxazolidinedione family used mainly to treat seizures.[1]

  1. ^ Bergstrand A, Bergstrand CG, Engstrom N, Herrlin KM (October 1962). "Renal histology during treatment with oxazolidine-diones (trimethadione, ethadione, and paramethadione)". Pediatrics. 30 (4): 601–7. doi:10.1542/peds.30.4.601. PMID 13970793. S2CID 7313535.