| Class of Substance | Examples | Class of Substance | Examples |
| alkylating agents | a - haloethers:
bis(chloromethyl) ether |
hydrazines | hydrazine |
| methyl chloromethyl ether | 1,2-dimethylhydrazine | ||
| sulfonates :
1,4-butanediol dimethanesulfonate |
1,1-dimethylhydrazine | ||
| diethylsulfate | 1,2-dimethylhydrazine | ||
| dimethyl sulfate | N-nitroso compounds | N-nitrosodimethylamine | |
| ethyl methanesulfonate | N-nitros-N-alkylureas | ||
| methyl methanesulfonate | aromatic amines | 4-aminobiphenyl | |
| methyltrifluoromethanesulfonate | benzidine | ||
| 1,3- propanesulfonate | a - naphthylamine | ||
| epoxides:
ethylene oxide |
b - naphthylamine | ||
| diepoxybutane | aniline | ||
| epichlorohydrin | o- anisidine | ||
| propylene oxide | 2,4-diaminotoluene | ||
| styrene oxide | o- toluidine | ||
| aziridines:
ethylenimine |
aromatic hydrocarbons | benzene | |
| 2-methylaziridine | benz[a] anthracene | ||
| diazo, azo and azoxy compounds:
4-dimethylaminoazobenzene |
benzo[a]pyrene | ||
| electrophilic alkenes and alkynes:
acrylonitrile acrolein ethyl acrylate |
natural products | aflatoxins
bleomycin cisplatin progesterone |
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| reserpine | |||
| acylating agents | b - propiolactone | ||
| b - butyrolactone | |||
| dimethylcarbamyl chloride | |||
| organohalogen compounds | 1,2 -dibromo-3- chloropropane | miscellaneous organic compounds | formaldehyde |
| bis(2-chloroethyl)sulfide | acetyaldehyde | ||
| vinyl chloride | 1,4-dioxane | ||
| carbon tetrachloride | ethyl carbamate | ||
| chloroform | hexamethylphosphoramide | ||
| 3-chloro-2-methylpropene | 2-nitropropane | ||
| 1,2- dibromoethane | styrene | ||
| 1,4-dichlorobenzene | thiourea | ||
| 1,2-dichloroethane | thioacetamide | ||
| 2,2-dichloroethane | miscellaneous inorganic compounds | arsenic and some arsenic compounds | |
| 1,3-dichloropropene | chromium and some chromium compounds | ||
| hexachlorobenzene | thorium dioxide | ||
| methyl iodide | beryllium and some beryllium compounds | ||
| tetrachloroethylene | cadmium and some cadmium compounds | ||
| trichloroethylene | lead and some lead compounds | ||
| nickel and some nickel compounds | |||
| 2,4,6-trichlorophenol | selenium sulfide |