Trichlorophenol dehalogenation

Wieser M, B Wagner, J Eberspacher, F Lingens (1997) Purification and characterization of 2,4,6-trichlorophenol-4-monooxygenase, a dehalogenating enzyme from Azotobacter sp. strain GPl. J Bacterial 179 202-208. 

Dehalogenation of chlorinated arenes.3 Palladium (10%) on carbon catalyzes the rapid transfer of hydrogen from ammonium formate to aryl chlorides to provide the parent arene. Dehalogenation of 2,4,6-trichlorophenol proceeds through di-chloro- and chlorophenol and is complete within 10 minutes at ambient temperature and pressure. 

Wang JL, Hegemann W (2003) Microbial dehalogenation of trichlorophenol by a bacterial consortium characterization and mechanism. Sci China B 46 207-215... 

Diaz-Diaz et al., 2011 describes an electrochemical sensors based on a catalytic 2,4,6-trichlorophenol molecularly imprinted microgel that rnirnics the dehalogenative function of the natural enzyme chlorofjeroxidase for p>-halophenols. Two strategies were explored a carbon paste modified with the polymer and the drop)-coating of screen-fainted electrodes with powder suspensions of the polymer and carbon nanotubes. With this last design, 2,4,6-trichlorophenol concentrations above 25 mM could be detected. 

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