Pseudomonas testosteroni H-8 oxidizes certain lower alkylbenzene sulfonates at rates inversely related to the length of the alkyl group. Appreciable Q(O)2 values were observed for benzene sulfonate (BS), toluene sulfonate (TS), and ethylbenzene sulfonate (EBS), but not for propylbenzene sulfonate (PS) and higher homologues. Catechol oxidation was catalyzed by a constitutive catechol-2,3-oxygena...

Crystal structure of zwitterionic trimethylammoniopropane sulfonate (Z1-Methyl) was determined by single-crystal X-ray diffractometry. Z1-Methyl crystallized in the monoclinic system, space group P2(1), with a = 6.3639(2), b = 10.9237(4), c = 8.1505(4) A, beta = 111.078(2) degrees, V = 528.69(4) A3, Z = 2. An inter-molecular ionic association was observed in the crystal. The shortest distance b...

Trypsin catalyses the hydrolysis of suitable derivatives of basic amino acids including peptides, amides and esters. Esters are the most sensitive substrates, and it was decided to use them in the present study, which had as one of its aims the elucidation of the relationship between the length of the side chain and susceptibility to hydrolysis by trypsin. Previous investigations had shown that...

methyl tetra - 0-methyl- ?-d- glucopyranoside is stereoselectively prepared from tetramethyl-d- glucopyranose by using (mei+nah) in toluene (86%) or cyclohexane (85%), while its ?- isomer is best synthesized in hexamethyl phosphoramide (64%). similarly, methyl tetra-o-methyl-?- d-mannopyranoside is synthesized in cyclohexane (80%), while its ?- isomer is predominantly prepared by (mei+n-buli) i...

The title compound {systematic name: 4-methyl-N'-[(3E)-2-(1-methyl-prop-yl)-5-oxopyrrolidin-3-yl-idene]benzene-sulfono-hydrazide}, C(15)H(21)N(3)O(3)S, is the condensation product of deacetyl tenuazonic acid (DTA) and p-toluene-sulfonohydrazide. The crystal structure consists of chains along [100] linked by N-H⋯O hydrogen bonds.

In the title sulfonate derivative, C(24)H(26)O(9)S(3), all atoms apart from those of one of the 4-methyl-benzene-sulfonate residues lie approximately in a disc; the dihedral angles between the approximately orthogonal benzene ring and those in the plane are 74.53 (9) and 67.79 (11)°. In the crystal, mol-ecules are consolidated into the three-dimensional architecture by C-H⋯O inter-actions. One ...

Recent studies of anaerobic toluene catabolism have demonstrated a novel reaction for anaerobic hydrocarbon activation: the addition of the methyl carbon of toluene to fumarate to form benzylsuccinate. In vitro studies of the anaerobic benzylsuccinate synthase reaction indicate that the H atom abstracted from the toluene methyl group during addition to fumarate is retained in the succinyl moiet...

Photophysical properties of the salts [Ru(bpy)(3)](p-Tos)(2), [Ru(dmb)(3)](PF(6))(2), [Ru(vbpy)(3)](PF(6))(2), and [Ru(phen)(3)](p-Tos)(2) (bpy = 2,2'-bipyridine, dmb = 4,4'-dimethyl-2,2'-bipyridine, vbpy = 4-methyl-4'-vinyl-2,2'-bipyridine, phen = 1,10-phenanthroline, and p-Tos = p-toluene sulfonate) in fluid and film polyethylene glycol dimethacrylate containing nine ethylene glycol spacers (...

The degradation of toluene by Pseudomonas putida F1 and of chlorobenzenes by Burkholderia sp. strain PS12 is initiated by incorporation of dioxygen into the aromatic nucleus to form cis-dihydrodihydroxybenzenes. Toluene-grown cells of P. putida F1 and 3-chlorobenzoate-grown cells of Burkholderia sp. strain PS12 were found to monooxygenate the side chain of 2- and 3-chlorotoluene to the correspo...