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Brallobarbital

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Brallobarbital was a barbiturate developed in the 1920s. It has sedative and hypnotic properties, and was used for the treatment of insomnia. Brallobarbital was primarily sold as part of a combination product called Vesparax, composed of 150 mg secobarbital, 50 mg brallobarbital and 50 mg hydroxyzine. The long half-life of this combination of drugs tended to cause a hangover effect the next day, and Vesparax fell into disuse once newer drugs with lesser side effects had been developed. Vesparax reportedly was the drug that musician Jimi Hendrix supposedly overdosed on and led to

Chemical data

Formula
C10H11BrN2O3
Molecular weight
287.11 g/mol
IUPAC name
5-(2-bromoprop-2-enyl)-5-prop-2-enyl-1,3-diazinane-2,4,6-trione

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Drug data · ChEMBL

Max clinical phase
Phase 2
Molecule type
Small molecule

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Wikidata facts

Mass
285.995
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chemical formula
C₁₀H₁₁BrN₂O₃
canonical SMILES
C=CCC1(C(=O)NC(=O)NC1=O)CC(=C)Br
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Brallobarbital
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Brallobarbital was a barbiturate developed in the 1920s. It has sedative and hypnotic properties, and was used for the treatment of insomnia. Brallobarbital was primarily sold as part of a combination product called Vesparax, composed of 150 mg secobarbital, 50 mg brallobarbital and 50 mg hydroxyzine. The long half-life of this combination of drugs tended to cause a hangover effect the next day, and Vesparax fell into disuse once newer drugs with lesser side effects had been developed. Vesparax reportedly was the drug that musician Jimi Hendrix supposedly overdosed on and led to his untimely death. It is no longer made.

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