desethylene ciprofloxacin (hydrochloride)

Desethylene ciprofloxacin is a major metabolite of ciprofloxacin . It is also a degradation product of ciprofloxacin that can be created through advanced oxygenation processes as a potential way to remove ciprofloxacin from wastewater. It is also created during degradation of ciprofloxacin by chlorination.