Aromatic ring cleavage of veratryl alcohol by Phanerochaete chrysosporium

AbstractTwo oxidation products of veratryl alcohol were isolated from ligninolytic cultures of Phanerochaete chrysosporium. After purification the compounds were characterized by 1H-NMR, mass spectrometry and infrared spectrometry. The structural information suggests that the compounds are two isomers of a ring cleavage product from veratryl alcohol. Both compounds were also found as by-products when veratryl alcohol was oxidized to veratraldehyde with the crude extracellular ligninase preparation