From 1,4-Dichlorobenzene to Chlorobenzene

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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.

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                       1,4-Dichlorobenzene                       
                                |
                                |  2H++ 2e-
  1,4-dichlorobenzene reductive | /
                   dehalogenase |/
                       1.97.1.- |
                                |\
                         ExPASy | \
                                |  HCl
                                v
                          Chlorobenzene
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EAWAG-BBD Biotransformation rules in accord with this reaction:
organoHalide -----> RH (bt0029)
[1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene (an/aerobic)] [BBD Main Menu]

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