Chlorophenols aerobic degradation

Since the aerobic degradation of halogenated phenols takes place by monooxygenation and is discussed in Part 2 of this chapter, it is not discussed here except to note the production of chlorocat-echols from chlorophenols and chloroanilines. Emphasis is placed on chlorinated substrates, and reference may be made to a review (Allard and Neilson 2003) for details of their brominated and iodinated analogs. The degradation of aromatic fluorinated compounds is discussed in Part 3 of this chapter. 

Figure 8.2. Pathways for chlorophenol degradation under aerobic (A,B) and anaerobic (C) conditions.

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