Trional(Methylsulfonal) is asedative-hypnotic[1]andanestheticdrugwithGABAergicactions[citation needed].It has similar effects tosulfonal,except it is faster acting.[2]

Trional
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Identifiers
  • 2,2-bis(ethylsulfonyl)butane
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FormulaC8H18O4S2
Molar mass242.35g·mol−1
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History

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Trional was prepared and introduced byEugen BaumannandAlfred Kastin 1888.[3]

Cultural references

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Appeared in Agatha Christie'sMurder on the Orient Express,And Then There Were None,and other novels such as John Bude'sThe Lake District Murderas a sleep-inducing sedative; and inIn Search of Lost Time(Sodom and Gomorrah) byMarcel Proustas ahypnotic.Sax Rohmeralso references trional in his novelDope.

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References

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  1. ^"Trional".Merck's 1907 Index.New York: Merck & Co. 1907. p. 448.
  2. ^Sajous CE (1896)."General Therapeutics".Annual of the Universal Medical Sciences.5.Philadelphia: F. A. Davis: A-156.
  3. ^Drinkwater H (1924).Fifty years of medical progress, 1873-1922.New York: The Macmillan Company. p. 40.