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Benzene and similar flat aromatic carbon-based compounds are mutagenetic (cancer- and birth defect- causing) because they can slip between base pairs in DNA and
by OliverJones 4y ago
Benzene and similar flat aromatic carbon-based compounds are mutagenetic (cancer- and birth defect- causing) because they can slip between base pairs in DNA and disrupt replication.
I wonder whether graphene, itself a flat carbon compound, has the same affinity for DNA?
- scotty79 4y agoMolecular bond in benzene is little special. Maybe that's the source of mutagenic properties?