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                                                                Synonyms: (±)-pentobarbital | (RS)-pentobarbital | Nembutal® | NSC 28708 | pentobarbital sodium | pentobarbituric acid
                                 
                                                         
                            
                            
                            
                                 
                                
                                pentobarbitone is an approved drug (FDA (1973, prior history not available)) 
                                                        
                                                    
                                Compound class: 
                                                            Synthetic organic
                                 
                                
                                    
                                        Comment: Pentobarbital is a racemic mixture of two enantiomers; (R)-pentobarbital and (S)-pentobarbital.
                                    
                                 
                            
                            
                          
                                
                                    
                                
                          
                                   
                                   
                                  
                                    
                                    
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Classification ![]()  | 
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| Compound class | Synthetic organic | 
| Approved drug? | Yes. US FDA (1973) | 
IUPAC Name ![]()  | 
                                                        
| 5-ethyl-5-(pentan-2-yl)-1,3-diazinane-2,4,6-trione | 
International Nonproprietary Names ![]()  | 
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| INN number | INN | 
| 703 | pentobarbital | 
Synonyms ![]()  | 
                                                        
| (±)-pentobarbital | (RS)-pentobarbital | Nembutal® | NSC 28708 | pentobarbital sodium | pentobarbituric acid | 
Database Links ![]()  | 
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| CAS Registry No. | 76-74-4 | 
| ChEBI | CHEBI:7983 | 
| ChEMBL Ligand | CHEMBL448 | 
| DrugBank Ligand | DB00312 | 
| DrugCentral Ligand | 2095 | 
| GtoPdb PubChem SID | 178102127 | 
| PubChem CID | 4737 | 
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| Wikipedia | Pentobarbitone |