Chloral hydrate is an organic compound with the formula C2H3Cl3O2. It is a colorless solid. It has limited use as a sedative and hypnotic pharmaceutical drug. It is also a useful laboratory chemical reagent and precursor. It is derived from chloral (trichloroacetaldehyde) by the addition of one equivalent of water. It was discovered through the ch...
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the first synthetically produced sedative-hypnotic drug, commonly used in the late 19th century to treat insomnia and still occasionally used to ... [3 related articles]
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C2HCl3O.H2O Molar mass: 165.40302
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<chemical> 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 anaesthetic in humans, but it is commonly used for that purpose in animal experiments. It is no longer considered useful as an anti-anxiety medication. ... Pharmacological action: sedatives, nonbarb...
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a sedative and hypnotic used primarily as an adjunct to anesthesia and for sedation of children before certain medical or dental procedures. It is now only rarely used to treat insomnia.
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Type: Term Definitions: 1. a hypnotic and sedative; it is also used externally as a rubefacient, anesthetic, and antiseptic.
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Chloral hydrate: A prescription sedative/hypnotic drug developed in the 19th century. The drug acts rapidly and induces sleep within 60 minutes, and is used for the short–term treatment of insomnia. Chloral hydrate can be taken orally in syrup or capsule form and is also available in the form of rectal suppositories. The medical use of chlora...
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Chloral hydrate is a white crystalline solid with a faint odour used in medicine as a hypnotic since 1869. Related to chloroform, chloral hydrate is not as strong as some of the more recent drugs in this category, but administered with alcohol, the crystalline powder - the so-called 'knockout drops' - can produce coma. Chloral hydrate also irritate...
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Chloral Hydrate is a crystalline compound of the marsh gas series, discovered by Justus Liebig in 1831, which, when taken dissolved in water, produces deep sleep, but not insensibility to pain.
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n] - a colorless crystalline drug used as a sedative
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noun a colorless crystalline drug used as a sedative; irritates the stomach and can be addictive
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