Spectro-electrochemical and DFT studies of a planar Cu(II)-phenolate complex active in the aerobic oxidation of primary alcohols

► Spectro-electrochemical studies of a planar Cu(II)-phenolate complex. ► DFT studies of a galactose oxidase biomimetic model. ► Aerobic oxidation of primary alcohols. ► Characterisation by molecular spectroscopic methods and X-ray structure analysis.