Tetronal is a sedative-hypnotic and

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s. It is not as effective as trional.

History

Tetronal was introduced by

Eugen Baumann Eugen Baumann (12 December 1846 – 3 November 1896) was a German chemist. He was one of the first people to create polyvinyl chloride (PVC), and, together with Carl Schotten, he discovered the Schotten-Baumann reaction. Life Baumann was born i ...

and Alfred Kast in 1888.

References

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History

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