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| Formula | C8H18O4S2 |
| Molar mass | 242.35 g·mol−1 |
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Trional (Methylsulfonal) is asedative-hypnotic[1] andanestheticdrug withGABAergicactions[citation needed]. It has similar effects tosulfonal, except it is faster acting.[2]
Trional was prepared and introduced byEugen Baumann andAlfred Kast in 1888.[3]
Appeared in Agatha Christie'sMurder on the Orient Express,And Then There Were None, and other novels such as John Bude'sThe Lake District Murder as a sleep-inducing sedative; and inIn Search of Lost Time (Sodom and Gomorrah) byMarcel Proust as ahypnotic.Sax Rohmer also references trional in his novelDope.