Acknowledgment. This work was supported by a grant from the National Institutes of Health (HL-16029) and by a contract from the National Foundation for Cancer Research. We also thank David H. Giamalva for helpful suggestions. ... (13) One of the referees suggested an alternative mechanism in which a cationic u-complex is involved; however, we have preliminary data that show that nitrofluoranthene reacts with N02/N20, at a faster rate than does fluoranthene ...
