Perflubron

Perflubron (INN/USAN, or perfluorooctyl bromide; brand name Imagent) is a contrast medium for magnetic resonance imaging, computer tomography and sonography. It was approved for this use in the United States by the Food and Drug Administration in 1993.

Experimental research

For more information on this potential application, see Liquid breathing § Medical treatment.

Perflubron has also been tested experimentally for use in liquid breathing in premature infants with respiratory distress.

This molecular model of Perflubron is color-coded by electron density to illustrate the positive polarisation of the large bromine atom by the inductively electron-withdrawing perfluorooctyl chain.

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