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Various copper complexes were prepared (CuCl(phen), Cucl(bipy), CuCl(neocu), CuCl(BPA), [CuCl(OH)(tmeda)]2 ) and tested in aerobic room temperature oxidation of p-cresol. The complexe [CuCl(OH)(tmeda)]2 was found has the more efficient and was used in o,o and p,p coupling of various phenols and in the formation of quinones under aerobic conditions. The dimerisation of substitued naphthols was also studied.
These C-H activation with formation of one C-C bond and one harmless molecule of water with air as oxidant at room temperature represent a biomimetic model of enzyme Laccase.