Heptobarbital

Chemical compound

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Legal statusLegal status

CA: Schedule IV

Identifiers

IUPAC name

5-methyl-5-phenylpyrimidine-2,4,6(1H,3H,5H)-trione

CAS Number

76-94-8

PubChem CID

66160

ChemSpider

59547

UNII

GFR227X6YY

CompTox Dashboard (EPA)

DTXSID00226900

ECHA InfoCard100.000.905

Chemical and physical dataFormulaC₁₁H₁₀N₂O₃Molar mass218.212 g·mol⁻¹3D model (JSmol)

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SMILES

O=C1NC(=O)NC(=O)C1(c2ccccc2)C

InChI

InChI=1S/C11H10N2O3/c1-11(7-5-3-2-4-6-7)8(14)12-10(16)13-9(11)15/h2-6H,1H3,(H2,12,13,14,15,16)
Key:LSAOZCAKUIANSQ-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Heptobarbital (Rutonal), also known as phenylmethylbarbituric acid is a barbiturate derivative.^[1]^[2]^[3] It has often been confused with methylphenobarbital because both drugs contain a methylphenyl moiety and are overall very similar in structure.

References

^ Martin JR, Godel T, Hunkeler W, Jenck F, Moreau JL, Sleight AJ, Widmer U (11 January 2001). Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology, 4th Edition. Vol. 5. Wiley Interscience. doi:10.1002/0471238961.1619250313011820.a01. ISBN 978-0-471-41961-7. {{cite book}}: |journal= ignored (help)
^ Hvorost A (2010). "Phenylmethylbarbituric Acid". Analysis of Drugs and Poisons. Archived from the original on 7 April 2012. Retrieved 28 November 2011.
^ Sinnema YA (January 1967). "The identification and determination of barbiturates in serum". Zeitschrift für klinische Chemie und klinische Biochemie. 5 (1): 21–5. doi:10.1515/cclm.1967.5.1.21. PMID 5594996. S2CID 15422152.