Park K K, Archer M C, Wishnok J S
Chem Biol Interact. 1980 Feb;29(2):139-44. doi: 10.1016/0009-2797(80)90028-9.
Administration of N-nitrosodi-n-propylamine to rats leads to the formation of 7-n-propylguanine but not 7-isopropylguanine in hepatic DNA. For RNA, a small amount of the rearranged adduct is formed. Alkylation of DNA and RNA therefore appears to occur primarily via a bimolecular reaction rather than a unimolecular pathway involving free alkyl cations.