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                                                                Synonyms: I-653 | Suprane®
                                 
                                                         
                            
                            
                            
                                 
                                
                                desflurane is an approved drug (FDA (1992)) 
                                                        
                                                    
                                Compound class: 
                                                            Synthetic organic
                                 
                                
                                    
                                        Comment: Desflurane is a highly fluorinated methyl ethyl ether general anaesthetic. it is a racemic mixture of (R) and (S) optical isomers (enantiomers). We show the chemical structure without specified stereochemistry to represent the mixture. Desflurane is a greenhouse gas.
                                    
                                 
                            
                            
                          
                                
                                    
                                
                          
                                View more information in the IUPHAR Pharmacology Education Project: desflurane  | 
                                    
                                        
                                         
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Classification ![]()  | 
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| Compound class | Synthetic organic | 
| Approved drug? | Yes. US FDA (1992) | 
IUPAC Name ![]()  | 
                                                        
| 2-(difluoromethoxy)-1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane | 
International Nonproprietary Names ![]()  | 
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| INN number | INN | 
| 6505 | desflurane | 
Synonyms ![]()  | 
                                                        
| I-653 | Suprane® | 
Database Links ![]()  | 
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| CAS Registry No. | 57041-67-5 | 
| ChEMBL Ligand | CHEMBL1200733 | 
| DrugBank Ligand | DB01189 | 
| DrugCentral Ligand | 811 | 
| GtoPdb PubChem SID | 178103731 | 
| PubChem CID | 42113 | 
| Search Google for chemical match using the InChIKey | DPYMFVXJLLWWEU-UHFFFAOYSA-N | 
| Search Google for chemicals with the same backbone | DPYMFVXJLLWWEU | 
| Search PubMed clinical trials | desflurane | 
| Search PubMed titles | desflurane | 
| Search PubMed titles/abstracts | desflurane | 
| UniChem Compound Search for chemical match using the InChIKey | DPYMFVXJLLWWEU-UHFFFAOYSA-N | 
| UniChem Connectivity Search for chemical match using the InChIKey | DPYMFVXJLLWWEU-UHFFFAOYSA-N | 
| Wikipedia | Desflurane |