Lavoie E J, Tulley L, Bedenko V, Hoffmann D
Mutat Res. 1981 May;91(3):167-76. doi: 10.1016/0165-7992(81)90027-0.
Methylated fluorenes were assayed for mutagenic activity towards Salmonella typhimurium TA98 and TA100. None of these methylfluorenes were mutagenic in the absence of metabolic activation. In the presence of 9000 X g supernatant from Aroclor-induced rats, 9-methylfluorene and 1,9-dimethylfluorene were active towards TA98 and TA100. The structural requirement for mutagenic activity within this series was the presence of a single methyl substituent at the 9-position. Enhanced mutagenic activity was also observed for benzofluorenes similarly methylated at their benzylic positions.
