Medicinal chemistry of Ethyl Chloride

Introduction :   Ethyl Chloride belongs to the group of Anesthetics particularly General Anesthetics. Description Used in the past as a ...

Introduction:
  Ethyl Chloride belongs to the group of Anesthetics particularly General Anesthetics.

Description
Used in the past as a general anaesthetic by inhalation, particularly for minor operations, it is also employed as a local anaesthetic by ‘freezing’. It is no longer used as a general anaesthetic because of its damage to the liver and serious disturbances of the cardiac rhythm.

Analysis

Chloroethane
Chemical Formula: C2H5Cl
Exact Mass: 64.01
Molecular Weight: 64.51
m/z: 64.01 (100.0%), 66.01 (32.0%), 65.01 (2.2%)
Elemental Analysis: C, 37.23; H, 7.81; Cl, 54.95

Structure and Synthesis of Ethyl Chloride