COPE ELIMINATION-REACTION OBSERVED IN THE BIODEGRADATION OF QUATERNARY AMMONIUM SURFACTANTS

Citation
Sf. Clancy et al., COPE ELIMINATION-REACTION OBSERVED IN THE BIODEGRADATION OF QUATERNARY AMMONIUM SURFACTANTS, Chemical communications, (21), 1997, pp. 2035-2036
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry
Journal title
ISSN journal
13597345
Issue
21
Year of publication
1997
Pages
2035 - 2036
Database
ISI
SICI code
1359-7345(1997):21<2035:CEOITB>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
The biodegradation of dialkyldimethylammonium compounds in aqueous sol utions indicates that part of the degradation pathway includes the Cop e:elimination reaction, which does not occur under mild conditions in the absence of microorganisms.