Derek R. Boyd, Narain D. Sharma, Jonathan G. Carroll, Christopher C. R. Allen, David A. Clarke and David T. Gibson
The enhanced stability of new mono-cis-dihydrodiol bacterial metabolites of tricyclic azaarenes has facilitated the dioxygenase-catalysed formation and isolation of the corresponding bis-cis-dihydrodiols (cis-tetraols) and a three step chemoenzymatic route to the derived arene oxide mammalian metabolites.