Chloral hydrate

DB01563ApprovedIllicitInvestigationalVet approvedSmall moleculeHypnotics and SedativesMiscellaneous Anxiolytics Sedatives and Hypnotics

Chloral hydrate is a mild hypnotic used for experimental purposes that was previously used for 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.

Chemical structure of Chloral hydrate
Primary indication
Mainly used as a hypnotic in the treatment of insomnia; however, it is only effective as a hypnotic for short-term use.Curator reviewed · 5 structured indications
Formula / weight
C2H3Cl3O2 · 165.403 g/mol (avg)
First approval
Canada, 2000
Also known as
chloral monohydrate · trichloroacetaldehyde hydrate
Code names
NSC-3210
Brand names
  • Nortec

Resolves to

Compound
UNII418M5916WGCAS302-17-0ChEMBLCHEMBL455917ChEBI28142PubChem2707KEGGD00265
Clinical / RWD
RxNorm2344ATCN05CC01PharmGKBPA448925
Structure
InChIKeyRNFNDJAIBTYOQL-UHFFFAOYSA-NSMILESOC(O)C(Cl)(Cl)Cl
Targets
P05091ALDH2Q56694aldH

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2Protein targetsEach mapped to UniProt, with action and pharmacological action
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1,312Drug interactionsStructured to mechanism, not free text
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11Marketed productsAcross 4 countries and 9 labellers
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