A nitroarene that is fluorene substituted by a nitro group at position 2. California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA): 2-Nitrofluorene can cause cancer according to The World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC).ChEBI: 2-nitrofluorene is a nitroarene that is fluorene substituted by a nitro group at position 2. It has a role as a carcinogenic agent and a mutagen. It is functionally related to a fluorene.