From 4-Chlorobenzaldehyde to 4-Chlorobenzoate

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Medline reference
Hay AG, Focht DD. Appl Environ Microbiol (1998) 64(6): 2141-6.

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             4-Chlorobenzaldehyde              
                       |
                       |  H2O
  4-chlorobenzaldehyde | /
               oxidase |/
               1.2.-.- |
                       |\
                ExPASy | \
                       |  2H+ + 2e-
                       v
               4-Chlorobenzoate
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EAWAG-BBD Biotransformation rules in accord with this reaction:
Aldehyde -----> Carboxylate (bt0003)
[1,1,1-Trichloro-2,2-bis-(4'-chlorophenyl)ethane (DDT)] [BBD Main Menu]

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