Ethyl Chloride

Scheme

USP

ATC (Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification)

N01BX01

CAS registry number (Chemical Abstracts Service)

0000075-00-3

Chemical Formula

C2-H5-Cl

Molecular Weight

64

Therapeutic Category

Anesthetic, local

Chemical Name

Ethane, chloro-

Foreign Names

• Ethylium chloratum (Latin)
• Chlorethan (German)

Generic Names

• Éthyle (chlorure d') (OS: DCF)
• Aether chloratus (IS)
• Chloräthyl (IS)
• Aethylium chloratum (PH: Ph. Helv. VI, Editio)
• Ethyl Chloride (PH: USP 32, BP 1999)
• Ethylis chloridum (PH: Ph. Int. 2)
• Etile cloruro (PH: F.U. VIII)

Brand Names

• Adco-Ethyl Chloride
  Adcock Ingram Pharmaceuticals, South Africa



• Aethylum Chloratum
  Filofarm, Poland



• Äthylchlorid Sintetica
  Sintetica, Switzerland



• Chloraethyl Dr. Henning
  Henning Walldorf, Germany



• Cloretilo Chemirosa
  Ern, Spain



• Cryogesic
  IS Pharmaceuticals, United Kingdom



• Ethyl Chloride
  David, Israel; Healthcare Logistics, New Zealand; Ritter, Singapore; Veroiopoulos, Greece; Walter Ritter, Oman



• Gebauer's Ethyl Chloride
  Gebauer, United States



• Traumazol
  Chinoin, Mexico



• WariActiv
  Ritter, Hong Kong; Walter Ritter, Tunisia

International Drug Name Search

Glossary

DCF	Dénomination Commune Française
IS	Inofficial Synonym
OS	Official Synonym
PH	Pharmacopoeia Name
USP	Pharmacopoeia of the United States

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