2-Acetylaminofluorene |
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| 2-AAF; 2-Fluorenylacetamide; Acetylaminofluorene; N-2-Fluorenylacetamide; 2 Acetamidofluorene; 2 Acetylaminofluorene; 2 Fluorenylacetamide; Fluoren 2 ylacetamide; N 2 Fluorenylacetamide | |
| A hepatic carcinogen whose mechanism of activation involves N-hydroxylation to the aryl hydroxamic acid followed by enzymatic sulfonation to sulfoxyfluorenylacetamide. It is used to study the carcinogenicity and mutagenicity of aromatic amines. | |