The sulfate ester of 7V-hydroxy-2-acetamidophenanthrene was prepared and was found to react significantly with methionine, adenosine, and guanosine. The adduci from the methionine reaction was characterized as 1-methylmercapto-2acetamidophenanthrene. The levels of reaction with adenosine and guanosine were comparable, in contrast with the observation that TV-acetoxy-2-acetamidofluorene shows a ...