1-chloro-2,2-bis(4-chlorophenyl)ethane dehydrochlorinase activity

id: GO:0018827
name: 1-chloro-2,2-bis(4-chlorophenyl)ethane dehydrochlorinase activity
namespace: molecular_function
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: Catalysis of the reaction: 1-chloro-2,2-bis(4-chlorophenyl)ethane = HCl + unsym-bis(4-chlorophenyl)ethene. 1-chloro-2,2-bis(4-chlorophenyl)ethane is also known as DDMS; unsym-bis(4-chlorophenyl)ethene is also known as DDNU.

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0016848carbon-halide lyase activity