The Drug Ontology

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Preferred Name

Ethyl Chloride

Synonyms

chloroethane

Muriatic ether

monochlorethane

aethylii chloridum

Aethylchlorid

mono-chloroethane

1-chloroethane

monochloroethane

ethyl chloride

Chloraethan

Ethyl chloride

C2H5Cl

EtCl

chlorethyl

Definitions

The simplest and least toxic member of the class of chloroethanes, that is ethane in which a single hydrogen is substituted by a chlorine. A colourless gas at room temperature and pressure (boiling point 12degreeC), it is used as a mild topical anaesthetic to numb the skin prior to ear piercing, skin biopsies, etc., and is also used in the treatment of sports injuries. It was formerly used in the production of tetraethyllead.

ID

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_47554

charge

0

database_cross_reference

Wikipedia:Chloroethane

KEGG:D04088

PMID:19958731

PMID:8210013

Patent:CN101844962

Gmelin:100545

PMID:19078818

PMID:19769833

CAS:75-00-3

PMID:21137521

Reaxys:1730751

Patent:US2396639

KEGG:C18248

Drug_Central:3196

PMID:21099198

Beilstein:1730751

definition

The simplest and least toxic member of the class of chloroethanes, that is ethane in which a single hydrogen is substituted by a chlorine. A colourless gas at room temperature and pressure (boiling point 12degreeC), it is used as a mild topical anaesthetic to numb the skin prior to ear piercing, skin biopsies, etc., and is also used in the treatment of sports injuries. It was formerly used in the production of tetraethyllead.

formula

C2H5Cl

has role

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_38870

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_36333

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_59683

has_alternative_id

CHEBI:36019

has_exact_synonym

chloroethane

has_obo_namespace

chebi_ontology

has_related_synonym

Muriatic ether

monochlorethane

aethylii chloridum

Aethylchlorid

mono-chloroethane

1-chloroethane

monochloroethane

ethyl chloride

Chloraethan

Ethyl chloride

C2H5Cl

EtCl

chlorethyl

has_RxCUI

4141

id

CHEBI:47554

in_subset

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/chebi#3_STAR

inchi

InChI=1S/C2H5Cl/c1-2-3/h2H2,1H3

inchikey

HRYZWHHZPQKTII-UHFFFAOYSA-N

label

chloroethane

Ethyl Chloride

mass

64.51380

monoisotopicmass

64.00798

notation

CHEBI:47554

prefLabel

Ethyl Chloride

smiles

CCCl

subClassOf

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_36016

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