CF3-Etomidate

CF3-Etomidate

Identifiers
IUPAC name 2,2,2-trifluoroethyl 3-[1-phenylethyl]imidazole-4-carboxylate
CAS Number	2169968-54-9
PubChem CID	174880502
ChemSpider	129767838
Chemical and physical data
Formula	C14H13F3N2O2
Molar mass	298.265 g·mol^−1
3D model (JSmol)	Interactive image
SMILES CC(C1=CC=CC=C1)N2C=NC=C2C(=O)OCC(F)(F)F
InChI InChI=1S/C14H13F3N2O2/c1-10(11-5-3-2-4-6-11)19-9-18-7-12(19)13(20)21-8-14(15,16)17/h2-7,9-10H,8H2,1H3 Key:SKSDRVNGIZFJOJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N

CF3-Etomidate (TF-Etomidate) is an anesthetic drug related to etomidate, which has been sold as a designer drug as an active ingredient in e-cigarette liquids marketed under names such as space oil or kpods. It has a trifluoroethyl ester group in place of the ethyl ester of etomidate.^[1][2][3]

References

1. Fan Y, Chen X, Wu H, Ke X, Chen H, Xu Y, et al. (November 2025). "Leveraging mass spectrometry fragmentation patterns for accelerated screening and structural elucidation of new etomidate analogues in suspect samples". Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis. 265 117023. doi:10.1016/j.jpba.2025.117023. PMID 40532400.
2. Zhang X, Li Y, Liu J, Pan Z, Chen Y, Wang M, et al. (July 2025). "Identification of two novel imidazole-derived GABA agonists butomidate and tf-etomidate in e-cigarette liquids". Forensic Toxicology. doi:10.1007/s11419-025-00732-5. PMID 40643820.
3. "CF3-etomidate". UNODC Laboratory and Scientific Service Portals.