Relationship between Carcinogenicity and Electronic Structure of Mononitroquinolines

Abstract

It was found that a certain relation seems to exist between the carcinogenic action of mononitroquinoline and the approximate superdelocalizabilities of the carbon atom to which the nitro group is attached. Referring to these results, the approximate superdelocalizabilities of some derivatives of 2- and 4-nitroquinolines were also calculated, and a relationship between the chemical structure and the carcinogenicity was discussed.