Chemical Entity Data Page

5-Ethyl-5-(1-methylbutyl)-2-thiobarbiturate sodium salt
Sodium 5-ethyl-5-(1-methylbutyl)-2-thiobarbiturate
Sodium thiopental
Thiopental, sodium
Truth serum or Truth drug
C
10		H
17		N
2		Na
1		O
2		S
1		  
  		Real, long lived, electronically neutral reagent chemical.

Gram formula weight (molecular mass) = 252.30
Purity = 99 %
Solubility in organics = insoluble


Ultra short acting anesthetic. Not orally active, thus I.V. or rectal routes are employed.
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Sodium thiopental
 is defined with respect to the entities below: 		The entities below are defined with respect to:
Sodium thiopental
Biologically Active Substance (generic)


6 Heterocycle (generic)


Hypnotic (generic)


Molecular ionic material (generic)


Thioanion (generic)


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