Aprobarbital

Aprobarbital is a member of the class of barbiturates that is pyrimidine-2,4,6(1H,3H,5H)-trione substituted by an isopropyl and a prop-1-en-3-yl group at position 5. Aprobarbital is a barbiturate derivative synthesized in the 1920s by Ernst Preiswerk. It was determined that the substance was capable of demonstrating sedative, hypnotic, and anticonvulsant effects. A primary treatment indicated for the use of aprobarbital was subsequently insomnia. Aprobarbital was never as widely used as more common barbiturate derivatives including phenobarbital and is now rarely prescribed. It is grouped under the following drug class(es): Barbiturates and Hypnotics. The directory classifies it as a discontinued API with a synthetic source/manufacturing origin. Other names for this substance include Allypropymal, Alurate, Allylpropymal and Aprobarbitone. Its PubChem CID is 6464.