FB2026_02 , released June 18, 2026
Chemical: pentobarbital
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General Information
Name
pentobarbital
FlyBase ID
FBch0002122
ChEBI Name
pentobarbital
ChEBI ID
CHEBI:7983
PubChem Name
Pentobarbital
PubChem ID
CID:4737
Chemical Structure
Chemical structure of pentobarbital
pentobarbital
InChIKey

WEXRUCMBJFQVBZ-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Definition (ChEBI)

A member of the class of barbiturates, the structure of which is that of barbituric acid substituted at C-5 by ethyl and sec-pentyl groups. ChEBI: Pentobarbital is a member of the class of barbiturates, the structure of which is that of barbituric acid substituted at C-5 by ethyl and sec-pentyl groups. It has a role as a GABAA receptor agonist.

Roles Classification (ChEBI)
Comment
Synonyms and Secondary IDs (18)
Synonyms
5-Ethyl-5-(1-methyl-butyl)-pyrimidine-2,4,6-trione
(ChEBI, 2019-)
5-Ethyl-5-(1-methylbutyl)-2,4,6(1H,3H,5H)-pyrimidinetrione
(ChEBI, 2019-)
5-ethyl-5-(1-methylbutyl)barbituric acid
(ChEBI, 2019-)
5-ethyl-5-(pentan-2-yl)pyrimidine-2,4,6(1H,3H,5H)-trione
(ChEBI, 2019-)
5-ethyl-5-(sec-pentyl)barbituric acid
(ChEBI, 2019-)
Dorsital
(PubChem, 2019-)
Ethaminal
(PubChem, 2019-)
Mebubarbital
(PubChem, 2019-)
Mebumal
(PubChem, 2019-)
Nebralin
(PubChem, 2019-)
Nembutal
(ChEBI, 2019-, PubChem, 2019-)
Neodorm
(PubChem, 2019-)
Pentobarbital
(ChEBI, 2019-)
Pentobarbitone
(ChEBI, 2019-, PubChem, 2019-)
Pentobarbituric acid
(PubChem, 2019-)
PubChem:4737
(PubChem, 2019-)
pentobarbital
(Karr et al., 2025, Wang et al., 2020, ChEBI, 2019-, PubChem, 2019-)
pentobarbital ketone
(Gao et al., 2025)
Secondary FlyBase IDs
    References (5)