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. 2001 Mar;67(3):1030–1034. doi: 10.1128/AEM.67.3.1030-1034.2001

TABLE 2.

Fluorinated products resulting from the degradation of fluorotoluene by eight fungi

Chemical shift (ppm)a
Compound
50 mM potassium phosphate buffer, pH 7 Ethyl acetate
−124.3 (R) −128.1 (R) 2-Fluorobenzyl alcohol
−117.9 (R) −121.6 (R) 3-Fluorobenzyl alcohol
−119.5 (R) −124.3 (R) 4-Fluorobenzyl alcohol
−120.3 (R) 2-Fluorobenzoate
−118.0 (R) −120.6 (R) 3-Fluorobenzoate
−114.2 (R) −114.9 (R) 4-Fluorobenzoate
−116.4 (L) 2-Fluoro-4-hydroxybenzoate
−141.7 (R) 3-Fluoro-4-hydroxybenzoate
−141.2 (L) 2-Fluoro-3,4-hydroxybenzoate
−126.2 (L) 2-Fluoro-4,5-hydroxybenzoate
−140.2 (P) 3-Fluoro-4,5-hydroxybenzoate
−140.4 (R) −144.6 (R) 3-Fluorocatechol
−111.8 (L) 2-Fluoro-cis,cis-muconate
−129.1 (R) −134.5 (R) 3-Fluoro-6-hydroxytoluene
−120.7 (P) 4-Fluoro-6-hydroxytoluene
−123.0 (R) Free fluorine
a

Relative to CFCl3. Chemical shifts were measured at 7°C in aqueous solution and ethyl acetate. R, reference compound; L, taken from literature (2, 3, 18); P, predicted (15). —, not detected or not identified.