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                                                                Synonyms: Seconal®
                                 
                                                         
                            
                            
                            
                                 
                                
                                secobarbital is an approved drug (FDA (1950)) 
                                                        
                                                    
                                Compound class: 
                                                            Synthetic organic
                                 
                                
                                    
                                        Comment: The approved drug is a racemic mixture of enantiomers; R-secobarbital and S-secobarbital. We show the non-stereo structure to represent the mixture.
                                    
                                 
                            
                            
                          
                                
                                    
                                
                          
                                View more information in the IUPHAR Pharmacology Education Project: secobarbital  | 
                                    
                                        
                                         
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                                                                         1. Twyman RE, Rogers CJ, Macdonald RL. (1989)
                                         Differential regulation of gamma-aminobutyric acid receptor channels by diazepam and phenobarbital. Ann Neurol, 25 (3): 213-20. [PMID:2471436]  |