The two 2-hydroxy-6-oxohepta-2,4-dienoate (HOHD) hydrolase genes, etbD1 and etbD2, were cloned from a strong polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) degrader, Rhodococcus sp. strain RHA1, and their nucleotide sequences were determined. The etbD2 gene was located in the vicinity of bphA gene homologs and encoded an enzyme whose amino-terminal sequence was very similar to the amino-terminal sequence of th...

The mol-ecule of the title compound, C(10)H(9)NO(5), is approximately planar, with the mean planes of the nitro, carboxyl and all-yloxy groups rotated by 8.1 (3), 7.9 (3) and 4.52 (18)°, respectively, from the plane of the benzene ring. Bond lengths in the aromatic ring are influenced by both electronic effects and strain induced by ortho-substitution. In the crystal structure, centrosymmetrica...

A series of pentacoordinate Ni(ii) complexes of the general formula [Ni(L5)] () with various pentadentate Schiff base ligands H2L5 (originating in a condensation of aromatic ortho-hydroxy-aldehydes and aliphatic triamines) was synthesized and characterized by X-ray structure analysis and magnetometry. The alternations of substituents on the H2L parent ligand resulted in the complexes with the g...

Phenol is a widespread pollutant and a model molecule to study the biodegradation of monoaromatic compounds. After a first oxidation step leading to catechol in mesophilic and thermophilic microorganisms, two main routes have been identified depending on the cleavage of the aromatic ring: ortho involving a catechol 1,2 dioxygenase (C12D) and meta involving a catechol 2,3 dioxygenase (C23D). Our...

A fast and simple method for the oxidative iodination of some aromatic amines, either under microwave irradiation or conventional heating, is reported, using diiodine and ortho-periodic acid as the oxidant. The reactions were carried out in boiling CH2Cl2 solutions under a reflux condenser. For the microwave assisted reactions, the reaction times were always notably shortened, but the yields we...

The title compound, C(22)H(28)Br(2)O(2), crystallizes in a staggered arrangement to minimize the inter-actions of its ortho substituents, with a dihedral angle of 84.2 (3)° between the two aromatic rings. Short C-H⋯O hydrogen-bonding inter-actions between meth-oxy groups result in a one-dimensional polymeric chain of mol-ecules lying parallel to the b axis. One tert-butyl group is disordered eq...

The title compound, C(19)H(19)N(7)O(5), exhibits substitutional disorder of the ortho-nitro and cyano groups, with site-occupancy factors of 0.686 (7):0.314 (7). The two aromatic rings are essentially coplanar, with a dihedral angle of 6.6 (5)°. In the diethyl-amino group, the two ethyl groups lie on the same side of the amino-benzene plane. An intra-molecular N-H⋯N hydrogen bond links the amin...

many aldehydes are important components of natural flavours. they are used in food, cosmetic, and biomedical industries in large amounts. plant cells or microorganisms carry out their production by biotransformation, which is one of the biotechnological methods that allow them to be defined as 'natural'. cell cultures of silybum marianum and peganum harmala have been studied with a vi...

A total of eleven alkali-released, aromatic compounds were identified by HPLC, MS and NMR analyses in cell wall extracts from Arabidopsis thaliana roots. Nine of them together constituted the three complete series of 4-hydroxy-, 4-hydroxy-3-methoxy, and 4-hydroxy-3,5-dimethoxy-substituted benzaldehydes, benzoic acids and cinnamic acids. The other two were indolic metabolites: indole-3-carboxyli...

A generic approach to the regiospecific synthesis of halogenated polycyclic aromatics is made possible by the one- or two-directional benzannulation reactions of readily available (ortho-allylaryl)trichloroacetates (the "BHQ" reaction). Palladium-catalysed cross-coupling reactions of the so-formed haloaromatics enable the synthesis of functionalised polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) with ...