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Also known as C₈H₁₂N₂O₃, Barbitone, DEBA, Veronal, 2,4,6(1H,3H,5H)-pyrimidinetrione, 5,5-diethylbarbituric acid, diethylmalonyl urea

Barbital (or barbitone), sold under the brand names Veronal for the pure acid and Medinal for the sodium salt, was the first commercially available barbiturate. It was used as a sleeping aid (hypnotic) from 1903 until the mid-1950s. The chemical names for barbital are diethylmalonyl urea or diethylbarbituric acid; hence, the sodium salt is known also as sodium diethylbarbiturate.

Key facts

Drug.verifiedrevid
443412703
Drug.class
Barbiturate
Drug.IUPAC_name
5,5-diethylpyrimidine-2,4,6(1H,3H,5H)-trione
Drug.image
Barbital.svg
Drug.image_class
skin-invert-image
Drug.width
120
Drug.image2
Barbital ball-and-stick.png
Drug.image_class2
bg-transparent
Drug.tradename
Veronal, Medinal
Drug.MedlinePlus
a682221
Drug.legal_BR
B1
Drug.legal_CA
Schedule IV
Drug.legal_US
Schedule IV
Drug.legal_DE
Anlage III
Drug.routes_of_administration
By mouth
Drug.elimination_half life
30.3 (± 3.2) hours
Drug.CAS_number
57-44-3
Drug.ATC_prefix
N05

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Chemical data

Formula
C8H12N2O3
Molecular weight
184.19 g/mol
IUPAC name
5,5-diethyl-1,3-diazinane-2,4,6-trione
SMILES
CCC1(C(=O)NC(=O)NC1=O)CC
InChIKey
FTOAOBMCPZCFFF-UHFFFAOYSA-N
XLogP
0.6
Polar surface area
75.3 Ų
H-bond donors
2
H-bond acceptors
3
Formal charge
0

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Research

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
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  • Marketing
  • Pharmacology
  • pH buffer
  • Poisoning
  • In fiction
  • References
  • Further reading

Barbital (or barbitone), sold under the brand names Veronal for the pure acid and Medinal for the sodium salt, was the first commercially available barbiturate. It was used as a sleeping aid (hypnotic) from 1903 until the mid-1950s. The chemical names for barbital are diethylmalonyl urea or diethylbarbituric acid; hence, the sodium salt is known also as sodium diethylbarbiturate.

==Synthesis== Barbital, then called "Veronal", was first synthesized in 1902 by German chemists Emil Fischer and Joseph von Mering, who published their discovery in 1903. Barbital was prepared by condensing diethylmalonic ester with urea in the presence of sodium ethoxide, or by adding at least two molar equivalents of ethyl iodide to the silver salt of malonylurea (barbituric acid) or possibly to a basic solution of the acid. The result was an odorless, slightly bitter, white crystalline powder.

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