Selective Aerobic Oxidation of Biomass Model Compound Veratryl Alcohol Catalyzed by Air-stable Copper(II) Complex in Water Narayan Ch. Jana, Sourav Behera, Suraj Kumar Maharana, Rakesh Ranjan Behera and Bidraha Bagh Abstract Air-stable square pyramidal copper(II)–bromide complexes 1, 2 and 3 with NNS, N(NH)S and NNO ligand frameworks, respectively, were synthesized and successfully utilized as effective catalysts for the aerobic oxidation of biomass model compound veratryl alcohol in water as...