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eppur_se_muova

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3. My metformin was recalled for the same reason -- DMF -- dimethylnitrosamine

Reply to NNadir (Reply #2)

Sat Jan 11, 2025, 06:44 PM

Jan 11

That sure surprised me. Dimethylamine is not surprising as an impurity, but that bacteria happily oxidize it to a nitrosamine was (to me -- I'm not very biochem-oriented).

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Sounds like amazingly clean chemistry ! Will be nice to see scale-up results. eppur_se_muova Jan 11 #1

For about 10 years in my career, I worked with process chemists in the pharmaceutical industry. They are amazing... NNadir Jan 11 #2

My metformin was recalled for the same reason -- DMF -- dimethylnitrosamine eppur_se_muova Jan 11 #3