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SUBMITTER: Nirmala M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2961281 | biostudies-other | 2008
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Acta crystallographica. Section E, Structure reports online 20080404 Pt 5
The title compound, C(12)H(17)FNO(+)·Cl(-), is a degradation impurity of paroxetine hydro-chloride hemihydrate (PAXIL), an anti-depressant belonging to the group of drugs called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs). Similar to the paroxetine hydro-chloride salt with protonation having taken place on the basic piperidine ring, the degradation impurity also exists as the hydro-chloride salt. The cyclic six-membered piperidinium ring adopts a chair conformation with the hydroxy-methyl an ...[more]