Stabile, Michele R.2014-03-142014-03-141993etd-01242009-063255http://hdl.handle.net/10919/40749m-Bromotrifluorotoluene, 1, was subjected to microbial oxidation by Pp 39/D. The products from the reaction were isolated and identified by various spectral techniques. The absolute stereochemistry of the major metabolite has been determined as cis-ααα-trifluoromethyl 2R, 3S-dihydroxy-5-bromo-4,6-cyclohexadiene 2. The absolute stereochemistry was discovered by comparison of the products from the convergent synthetic pathway of 2 and the known diol metabolite from α,α,α-trifluorotoluene, 4.v, 74 leavesBTDapplication/pdfenIn CopyrightLD5655.V855 1993.S733Aromatic compounds -- OxidationPseudomonas putidaThesishttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-01242009-063255/