Sonal Handa
Sonal is a given Indian name originating from the Hindu religion. It is a unisex name often nicknamed as “Sona” and means "curious", "golden", or “precious” in Hindi, Marathi language, Marathi, and Gujarati languages, Gujarati. A similar name is Sonali. It is also a name used in Sri Lanka. People with the name "Sonal" include: *Sonal Chauhan (born 1989), Indian actress *Sonal Mansingh (born 1944), Indian dancer *Sonal Shah (actress) (born 1980), Indian-American actress *Sonal Shah (economist) (born 1968), American economist *Sonal Sehgal (born 1981), Indian actress {{Given name Indian given names ...
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Barbital
Barbital (or barbitone), marketed under the brand names Veronal for the pure acid and Medinal for the sodium salt, was the first commercially available barbiturate. It was used as a sleeping aid (hypnotic) from 1903 until the mid-1950s. The chemical names for barbital are diethylmalonyl urea or diethylbarbituric acid; hence, the sodium salt (known as medinal, a genericised trademark in the United Kingdom) is known also as sodium diethylbarbiturate. Synthesis Barbital, then called "Veronal", was first synthesized in 1902 by German chemists Emil Fischer and Joseph von Mering, who published their discovery in 1903. Barbital was prepared by condensing diethylmalonic ester with urea in the presence of sodium ethoxide, or by adding at least two molar equivalents of ethyl iodide to the silver salt of malonylurea (barbituric acid) or possibly to a basic solution of the acid. The result was an odorless, slightly bitter, white crystalline powder. Its introduction followed the investig ...
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