From beta-1,2,3,4,5,6-Hexachlorocyclohexane to delta-3,4,5,6-Tetrachlorocyclohexene

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Reference: Middeldorp, P. J. M., Jaspers, M., Zehnder, A. J. B., & Schraa, G. (1996). Environmental Science and Technology, 30, 2345-2349.
Search Medline for beta-hexachlorocyclohexane AND bacteria.: 13 citations on March 09, 2012.

  beta-1,2,3,4,5,6-Hexachlorocyclohexane   
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                     |  2H⁺ + 2e^-
                     | /
                     |/
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                     | \
                     |  2H⁺ + 2Cl^-
                     v
   delta-3,4,5,6-Tetrachlorocyclohexene

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EAWAG-BBD Biotransformation rules in accord with this reaction:: vic-Dihalogenated cyclohexane derivative -----> Cyclohexene derivative (bt0379)

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