Structured Summary
Abstract
A gas that condenses under slight pressure. Because of its low boiling point ethyl chloride sprayed on skin produces an intense cold by evaporation. Cold blocks nerve conduction. Ethyl chloride has been used in surgery but is primarily used to relieve local pain in sports medicine.
Chemical Identity
Chemical Information
- Molecular Formula
- C2H5Cl
- Molecular Weight
- 64.51 g/mol
- CAS Registry No.
- 75-00-3
- IUPAC Name
- chloroethane
- InChIKey
- HRYZWHHZPQKTII-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- SMILES
- CCCl
- MeSH Unique ID
- D005018
- Source
- PubChem CID 6337
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Broader headings
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Pharmacological Action
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Synonyms
9 entry terms
- Chloroethane
- Chloride, Ethyl
- Chloraethyl Dr. Henning
- Cloretilo Chemirosa
- Gebauer's Ethyl Chloride
- WariActiv
- Chemirosa, Cloretilo
- Gebauer Ethyl Chloride
- Gebauers Ethyl Chloride
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Aspects Covered
25 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analogs & derivatives, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, economics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, urine.
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NLM Classification
QV 81
AMA Style
References
- National Library of Medicine. Ethyl Chloride. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D005018. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D005018
- Ethyl Chloride. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chloroethane
- Ethyl Chloride. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q409133
- Ethyl Chloride. In: PubChem Compound. CID 6337. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/6337