PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - THOMAS C. BUTLER
TI  - THE ANESTHETIC ACTIVITY OF OPTICAL ANTIPODES II. THE ARABINOCHLORALOSES
DP  - 1940 Jul 01
TA  - Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
PG  - 229--235
VI  - 69
IP  - 3
4099  - http://jpet.aspetjournals.org/content/69/3/229.short
4100  - http://jpet.aspetjournals.org/content/69/3/229.full
SO  - J Pharmacol Exp Ther1940 Jul 01; 69
AB  - By reaction of chloral with d- and with l-arabinose, four isomeric arabinochloraloses (two pairs of antipodes) have been obtained. The four compounds have been tested as anesthetics in mice. α-l-Arabinochloralose is much more active than its antipode. β-d-Arabinochloralose is somewhat more active than its antipode. The significance of the unequal activity of the antipodes in relation to the theories of narcosis is discussed.