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.