Rhus laccase catalysis and product characterization of 1,2-dimethoxyphenol in organic solutions

• Yun Yang Wan ^a,b, ,
• Yu Min Du ^c, ,
• Tetsuo Miyakoshi ^b,

• a State Key Laboratory of Petroleum Resources and Prospecting, Faculty of Natural Resources and Information Technology, China University of Petroleum, Beijing 102249, China;

• b Department of Industrial Chemistry, Meiji University, Higashi-mita, Tama-ku, Kawasaki 214, Japan;

• c School of Resource and Environment Science, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, China

• Received Date: 28 September 2007
  
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  This work was partly supported by the financial of Research Project Grant A by Institute of Science and Technology, Meiji University, Japan, and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 30170757). The authors are thankful for Professor Dr. J.F. Kennedy of the University of Birmingham, Dr. C.-L. Chen of the North Carolina State University and Professors Dr. Z.H. Zhang and Q.B. Zhang of the China University of Petroleum for discussion, advice and reading during the preparation of this manuscript.