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.

Synonyms: Fluoren-2-ylacetamide, 2-Fluorenylacetamide, N-2-Fluorenylacetamide, 9M98QLJ2DL, Aminofluorene AAF, N 2 Fluorenylacetamide, 2-Acetamidofluorene, 2-Acetylaminofluorene, 0, AAF, Aminofluorene, 2 Acetamidofluorene, N Acetyl 2 Aminofluorene, Acetylaminofluorene, N-Acetyl-2-Aminofluorene, 2 Fluorenylacetamide, Fluoren 2 ylacetamide, Acetamide, N-9H-fluoren-2-yl-, 2 Acetylaminofluorene, 2-AAF

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83; was ACETYLAMINOFLUORENE 1980-82; was ACETYLAMINOFLUORENE see under FLUORENES 1975-79 ,use 2-ACETYLAMINOFLUORENE to search ACETYLAMINOFLUORENE 1975-82

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D015073