Citalopram is used as an antidepressant. A biologist, Heywood U. Clonum, has argued that this compound could

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Citalopram is used as an antidepressant.N=C- Citalopram -N(CH3)2 F

A biologist, Heywood U. Clonum, has argued that this compound could be hazardous because it could release toxic cyanide (C ≡ N) and fluoride ions by nucleophilic substitution reactions with biological nucleophiles such as water. Is this argument chemically reasonable? Explain.

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Organic Chemistry

ISBN: 9781936221349

6th Edition

Authors: Marc Loudon, Jim Parise

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