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