Cyclohexane aerobic degradation

An elimination reaction is apparently one of the steps in the degradation of y-hexachloro[fleece] cyclohexane from which pentachlorobenzene (Tu 1976) or y-2,3,4,6-tetrachlorocyclohex-l-ene may be formed (Jagnow et al. 1977) (Figure 6.64). The formation of both 2,5-dichlorophenol and 2,4,5-trichlo-rophenol during the aerobic degradation of y- exa.ch om[aaaeee]cyclohexane by Pseudomonas paucimobilis presumably occurs by comparable elimination reactions (Senoo and Wada 1989) and further details of the transformation that produces also 1,2,4-trichlorobenzene have been provided (Nagasawa et... 

The aerobic degradation of y-hexachloro[flflaeee] cyclohexane (HCH) has been accomplished with a strain of Pseudomonas paucimobilis strain UT26 (Nagasawa et al. 1993), and involves a complex chain of elimination, hydrolytic displacement of chlorine, and ring fission reactions (Chapter 6, Sections... 

Haider K, Jagnow G, Kohnen R, et al. 1974. [Degradation of chlorinated benzol, phenol and cyclohexane derivatives by soil bacteria that utilize benzol and phenol under aerobic conditions.] Arch Microbiol 96 183-200. (German)... 

Haider, K.,Jagnow, G., Kohnen, R.. and Lim, S.U. Degradation of chlorinated benzenes, phenols, and cyclohexane derivatives by benzene- and phenol-utilizing bacteria under aerobic conditions, in Decomposition of Toxic and Nontoxic Organic Compounds in Soil Overcash. V.R., Ed. (Ann Arbor. MI Ann Arbor Science Publishers, 1981), pp. 207-223. 

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