Simple chemical oxidation of methylamine in aqueous solution or in methanol leads to the formation of significant amounts of azoxymethane, a strong carcinogen in rodents. Methods, including high pressure liquid chromatography, differential pulse polarography and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, used for the identification of the carcinogen, are described.
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