Radical-based dephosphorylation and organophosphonate biodegradation

JW Frost, S Loo, ML Cordeiro, D Li

Index: Frost, J. W.; Cordeiro, M. L.; Li, D. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1987 , vol. 109, # 7 p. 2166 - 2171

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Abstract

Abstract: Products resulting from the degradation of organophosphonates by Escherichia coli are identified and used as a basis for evaluating mechanisms which may be the chemical basis of the biodegradation. One mechanistic hypothesis which is consistent with the biodegradation products involves radical-based dephosphorylation. Chemical modeling of this process is achieved by the reaction of alkylphosphonic acids with lead (1V) ...