trichloroacetaldehyde hydrate

PubChem Notes:

Chloral Hydrate A hypnotic and sedative used in the treatment of insomnia. The safety margin is too narrow for chloral hydrate to be used as a general anesthetic in humans, but it is commonly used for that purpose in animal experiments. It is no longer considered useful as an anti-anxiety medication.

MediLexicon chloral hydrate - Medical Dictionary Definition for Term 'chloral hydrate'

[1. a hypnotic and sedative; it is also used externally as a rubefacient, anesthetic, and antiseptic.

Molecular Formula: C₂H₃Cl₃O₂

InChI: InChI=1/C2H3Cl3O2/c3-2(4,5)1(6)7/h1,6-7H

InChIKey: InChIKey=RNFNDJAIBTYOQL-UHFFFAOYAY
SMILES: OC(O)C(Cl)(Cl)Cl

CAS number 302-17-0

Names:
    Chloralhydrat
    chloral hydrate
    Chloral hydrate
    Noctec
    trichloroacetaldehyde hydrate
    1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-dihydroxyethane
    1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-ethanediol
    1,1-Ethanediol, 2,2,2-trichloro-
    2,2,2-trichloroethane-1,1-diol
    2,2,2-trichloro-1,1-ethanediol

Registries:
    PubChem CID 2707
    Beilstein =1698497
    CAS 302-17-0 (from NIST)
    ChEBI 28142
    Gmelin 101369
    Kegg C06899
    PubChem ID 10363720
    PubChem ID 9116
    UM-BBD c0011