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. 1979 Nov 15;184(2):453-5.
doi: 10.1042/bj1840453.

Benzene from bacterial cleavage of the carbon-phosphorus bond of phenylphosphonates

A M Cook, C G Daughton, M Alexander

Benzene from bacterial cleavage of the carbon-phosphorus bond of phenylphosphonates

A M Cook et al. Biochem J. .

Abstract

An organism, identified as a strain of Klebsiella pneumoniae, was proved by direct assay to utilize ionic methyl phenylphosphonate as sole phosphorus source. One product from C-P-bond cleavage was identified as benzene by combined g.l.c.-mass spectrometry. The molar yield of benzene from the phosphonate was 89%.

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