CAS: 6842-62-2
MF: C12H8Cl2O
Appearance: Colorless; yellowish
3,4'-Dichlorodiphenyl ether is part of a class of chemicals known as diphenyl ethers, which consist of two phenyl rings connected by an oxygen atom.
Intermediary halocatechols were also mineralized via the ortho pathway by type I enzymes. 4,4'-Dibromodiphenyl ether, 3,4'-Dichlorodiphenyl ether was not used as a carbon source although transformation by resting cells yielded mononuclear haloaromatic compounds, such as 4-bromophenol and 4-bromocatechol. The same was true for the conversion of 2,4-dichlorodiphenyl ether, which yielded the respective (halo-) phenols and (halo-) catechols.