amobarbital

Term ID

CHEBI:2673

Synonyms

• 5-ethyl-5-(3-methylbutyl)-2,4,6(1H,3H,5H)-pyrimidinetrione
• 5-ethyl-5-(3-methylbutyl)barbituric acid
• 5-ethyl-5-(3-methylbutyl)pyrimidine-2,4,6(1H,3H,5H)-trione
• 5-ethyl-5-isoamylbarbituric acid
• 5-ethyl-5-isopentylbarbituric acid
• Amobarbital
• amylobarbitone
• amytal
• barbamil
• barbamyl

Definition

A member of the class of barbiturates that is pyrimidine-2,4,6(1H,3H,5H)-trione substituted by a 3-methylbutyl and an ethyl group at position 5. Amobarbital has been shown to exhibit sedative and hypnotic properties.

References

• CAS:57-43-2
• DrugBank:DB01351
• Drug_Central:184
• Gmelin:281708
• HMDB:HMDB0015440
• KEGG:C07536
• KEGG:D00555
• MetaCyc:CPD-5742
• Patent:US3507960
• Reaxys:211172
• Wikipedia:Amobarbital

Ontology

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Resources

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