“…1.2 This property predicts more rapid induction of and emergence from anaesthesia with desflurane than of other potent volatile agents; this has been confirmed in animal experiments and human studies. [3][4][5][6] As is the case with methoxyflurane, enflurane, and isoflurane, inorganic fluoride is a product of desflurane metabolism. Lack of a chlorine atom in the desflurane molecule should render it resistant to metabolic breakdown, and studies in animals and volunteers have demonstrated little metabolism.…”