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1580 Desflurane
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Properties

Background

Brown
Bottle

Green
Cap

Green
Syringe

Light green
Bubbles
No
Drops
No
Label
Cross

Chemistry

Formula
C3H2F6O
Carbon
3
Polarity
Neutral

Desflurane (1,2,2,2-tetrafluoroethyl difluoromethyl ether) is a highly fluorinated methyl ethyl ether used for maintenance of general anesthesia. Like halothane, enflurane, and isoflurane, it is a racemic mixture of (R) and (S) optical isomers (enantiomers). Together with sevoflurane, it is gradually replacing isoflurane for human use, except in economically undeveloped areas, where its high cost precludes its use. It has the most rapid onset and offset of the volatile anesthetic drugs used for general anesthesia due to its low solubility in blood.

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