Ethotoin

Ethotoin
Skeletal formula of ethotoin
Clinical data
AHFS/Drugs.comConsumer Drug Information
MedlinePlusa682022
Pregnancy
category
  • C
Routes of
administration
By mouth (tablets)
ATC code
Pharmacokinetic data
Elimination half-life3–9 hours
Identifiers
  • 3-Ethyl-5-phenyl-imidazolidine-2,4-dione
CAS Number
PubChem CID
IUPHAR/BPS
DrugBank
ChemSpider
UNII
KEGG
ChEBI
ChEMBL
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)
ECHA InfoCard100.001.514 Edit this at Wikidata
Chemical and physical data
FormulaC11H12N2O2
Molar mass204.229 g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)
  • O=C2NC(c1ccccc1)C(=O)N2CC
  • InChI=1S/C11H12N2O2/c1-2-13-10(14)9(12-11(13)15)8-6-4-3-5-7-8/h3-7,9H,2H2,1H3,(H,12,15) checkY
  • Key:SZQIFWWUIBRPBZ-UHFFFAOYSA-N checkY
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Ethotoin (previously marketed as Peganone) is an anticonvulsant drug used in the treatment of epilepsy.[1] It is a hydantoin, similar to phenytoin. It is not available in the United States.

  1. ^ Schwade ED, Richards RK, Everett GM (May 1956). "Peganone, a new antiepileptic drug". Dis Nerv Syst. 17 (5): 155–8. PMID 13317788.