has role chloroethanes local anaesthetic inhalation anaesthetic chloroethane HRYZWHHZPQKTII-UHFFFAOYSA-N CAS:75-00-3 Patent:CN101844962 ethyl chloride C2H5Cl 64.00798 The simplest and least toxic member of the class of chloroethanes, that is ethane in which a single hydrogen is substituted by a chlorine. A colourless gas at room temperature and pressure (boiling point 12degreeC), it is used as a mild topical anaesthetic to numb the skin prior to ear piercing, skin biopsies, etc., and is also used in the treatment of sports injuries. It was formerly used in the production of tetraethyllead. Patent:US2396639 chebi_ontology monochloroethane Aethylchlorid Reaxys:1730751 PMID:8210013 PMID:19769833 Chloraethan PMID:21137521 Gmelin:100545 0 monochlorethane KEGG:C18248 EtCl PMID:19958731 aethylii chloridum KEGG:D04088 Ethyl chloride Wikipedia:Chloroethane CCCl chloroethane PMID:19078818 Drug_Central:3196 64.51380 InChI=1S/C2H5Cl/c1-2-3/h2H2,1H3 CHEBI:36019 C2H5Cl PMID:21099198 chlorethyl 1-chloroethane mono-chloroethane Beilstein:1730751 Muriatic ether CHEBI:47554 antipruritic drug