Under ambient conditions, toluene can be oxidized selectively to benzaldehyde, an essential compound in the chemical industry. Copper(I) complexes were applied combination with [Ru(bipy)3](PF6)2 and dioxygen as oxidant. A peroxido copper complex is formed active species. The copper(II) obtained after oxidation photochemically reduced starting copper(I) species, process repeated. More informatio...

The effects of trichloroethylene (TCE) oxidation on toluene 2-monooxygenase activity, general respiratory activity, and cell culturability were examined in the toluene-oxidizing bacterium Burkholderia cepacia G4. Nonspecific damage outpaced inactivation of toluene 2-monooxygenase in B. cepacia G4 cells. Cells that had degraded approximately 0.5 micromol of TCE (mg of cells(-1)) lost 95% of thei...

The oxidation mechanism of toluene on the surface heat-treated CeO2 nanoparticles was investigated using diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy (DRIFTS). When introduced to surface, either chemisorbs an oxygen bound a single cerium atom creating monobound (m) benzyloxy or two neighboring atoms forming bridged (b) benzyloxy. From DRIFTS analysis, benzoate production is direc...

Rhodococcus sp. strain DK17 was isolated from soil and analyzed for the ability to grow on o-xylene as the sole carbon and energy source. Although DK17 cannot grow on m- and p-xylene, it is capable of growth on benzene, phenol, toluene, ethylbenzene, isopropylbenzene, and other alkylbenzene isomers. One UV-generated mutant strain, DK176, simultaneously lost the ability to grow on o-xylene, ethy...