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Oxidation of phenols by chloroperoxidase

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Purified fungal chloroperoxidase oxidized a variety of substituted phenols at pH 3 and 5.5. Chlorophenols were oxidized most readily, followed by monomethyl—then dimethylphenols. Cyclohexanol and its monomethyl derivatives were not oxidized.

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  1. Department of Microbiology, University of Alberta, T6G 2E9, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

    Robert Carmichael, Phillip M. Fedorak & Michael A. Pickard

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Carmichael, R., Fedorak, P.M. & Pickard, M.A. Oxidation of phenols by chloroperoxidase. Biotechnol Lett 7, 289–294 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01042380

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