Organic Chemical

2-Acetylaminofluorene

AMW:CHEM:020200

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.

Biochemistry chemical

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Acetoxyacetylaminofluorene has parent 2-Acetylaminofluorene

Hydroxyacetylaminofluorene has parent 2-Acetylaminofluorene

2-Acetylaminofluorene has parent Acetamides

2-Acetylaminofluorene has parent Fluorenes

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