didesmethylcitalopram didesmethylcitalopram didesmethylcitalopram is an active metabolite of the antidepressant drug citalopram (racemic). didesmethylescitalopram is an active metabolite of the antidepressant escitalopram, the s-enantiomer of citalopram. like citalopram and escitalopram, didesmethyl(es)citalopram functions as a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (ssri), and is responsible for some of its parents' therapeutic benefits. didesmethylcitalopramclinical dataatc codenonelegal statuslegal status in general: uncontrolled pharmacokinetic dataelimination half-life100 hidentifiers iupac name (rs or s)-1--1-(4-fluorophenyl)-1,3-dihydroisobenzofuran-5-carbonitrile cas number62498-69-5 ychemspider23935928 nuniize9yvi4zeecomptox dashboard (epa)dtxsid30168066 chemical and physical dataformulac18h17fn2omolar mass296.345 g·mol−13d model (jsmol)interactive image smiles c1cc(ccc12(c3ccc(cc3co2)c#n)cccn)f inchi inchi=1s/c18h17fn2o/c19-16-5-3-15(4-6-16)18(8-1-9-20)17-7-2-13(11-21)10-14(17)12-22-18/h2-7,10h,1,8-9,12,20h2/t18-/m0/s1 nkey:rkukmuwcrlrpej-sfhvurjksa-n n ny (what is this?) (verify)