1. How important is the formation of intermediates such as catechol and protocatechol for the degradation of aromatic co

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1. How important is the formation of intermediates such as catechol and protocatechol for the degradation of aromatic compounds by bacteria?
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The most common central intermediates, into which many of the aromatic compounds have to be compounds have to be transformed, are catechol (1,2-dihydroxybenzene) and protocatechol (3,4-dihydroxybenzoate). protocatechol (3,4-dihydroxybenzoate). Some compounds are degraded via the gentisate (2,5-dihydroxybenzoate). As a general rule, aromatic compounds substituted at 1,2 and many mono-substituted 1,2 and many mono substituted compounds are transformed to catechol (e.g. salicylate and phenol). phenol). On the other hand, unsubstituted aromatic compounds (benzene, naphthalene) are degraded via 1,2-difunctional intermediates. via 1,2-diphenolic intermediates, thus also reaching catechol. Aromatic compounds with two substitutions at the 1,3 or 1,4 positions or polysubstituted are metabolized via protocatechol (3-hydrocatechol). protocatechol (3-hydroxybenzoate, 4-hydroxybenzoate).