From 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene to 1,4-Dichlorobenzene

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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 anaerobic trichlorobenzene.: 18 citations on March 09, 2012.

                        1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene                         
                                   |
                                   |  2H⁺+ 2e^-
  1,2,4-trichlorobenzene reductive | /
                      dehalogenase |/
                          1.97.1.- |
                                   |\
                            ExPASy | \
                                   |  HCl
                                   v
                          1,4-Dichlorobenzene

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EAWAG-BBD Biotransformation rules in accord with this reaction:: organoHalide -----> RH (bt0029)

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