The anticonvulsant properties of 2, 2-disubstituted-1, 3-propanediols, a class of compounds bearing little structural similarity to the accepted anticonvulsants, have recently been described.'Pharmacological studies on 2, Z-diethyl-lJ3-propanediolI2 one of the more active members of this series, indicated that this compound had a powerful but short anticonvulsant action. It was also found that the action of certain of its esters was of longer duration than ...