ketocaine ketocaine ketocaine (inn) (brand name vericaina, former developmental code name astra 2358 or a-2358) is an amino ether local anesthetic of the butyrophenone family used topically for pain relief. it is marketed in italy. ketocaineclinical dataatc codenoneidentifiers iupac name 1-ethoxy]phenyl]butan-1-one cas number1092-46-2 14549-32-7 (hcl)pubchem cid68946chemspider62170uniiwa1rt89g9xecha infocard100.012.847 chemical and physical dataformulac18h29no2molar mass291.435 g·mol−13d model (jsmol)interactive image smiles cccc(=o)c1=cc=cc=c1occn(c(c)c)c(c)c inchi inchi=inchi=1s/c18h29no2/c1-6-9-17(20)16-10-7-8-11-18(16)21-13-12-19(14(2)3)15(4)5/h7-8,10-11,14-15h,6,9,12-13h2,1-5h3key:uxawfwfjxianhz-uhfffaoysa-n synthesis synthesis: patent: prec williamson ether synthesis between 2'-hydroxybutyrophenone (1) and diisopropylaminoethyl chloride hydrochloride (2) gives ketocaine (3)..