The class of organic compound is most likely to be used in anesthetics is ethers. The first ether that is used in anesthetics is diethyl ether .
In general anesthetic works on brain, and produce unconsciousness and insensitivity to feel pain or anything. Generally it lowers the sensitivity of the organs. Diethyl ether is the first ether that is used as anesthetics.
The number of electrons in an atom's outermost valence shell governs its bonding behaviour. Therefore, we group elements whose atoms have the same number of valence electrons together in the Periodic Table. ... This tendency is called the octet rule, because the bonded atoms share eight valence electrons.