Synthetic procedures of ligands L2 and TEPA, as well as the copper(ii) complex of L2 have been reported elsewhere. [18, 20] L1: 2,2-Diphenylethylamine (1.97 g, 10 mmol) and 2-vinylpyridine (5.25 g, 50 mmol) were heated to reflux in CH 3 OH (20 mL) containing acetic acid (3.01 g, 50 mmol) for 10 days. The solvent was removed by evaporation, and the resulting viscous material was dissolved in H 2 O (200 mL) and extracted with CHCl 3 (3 î 200 mL). After drying over anhydrous K 2 CO 3 , evaporation of the organic solvent gave yellow oily material, from which L1 was isolated by SiO 2 column chromatography (CHCl 3 /AcOEt as eluent) in 54 % yield (2.21 g); 1 H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl 3 ): d ¼ 2.76±2.96 (m, 8 H; -CH 2 -CH 2 -Py), 3.16 (d, J ¼ 7.5 Hz, 2 H; -CH 2 -CH-Ph 2 ), 4.09 (t, J ¼ 7.5 Hz, 1 H; -CH-Ph 2 ), 6.76 (d, J ¼ 7.8 Hz, 2 H; H py-5 ), 7.03±7.26 (m, 12 H; C 6 H 4 and H py-3 ), 7.43 (td, J ¼ 1.8 and 7.8 Hz, 2 H; H py-4 ), 8.50 ppm (ddd, J ¼ 0.9, 1.8, and 4.8 Hz, 2 H; H py-6 ); FAB-HRMS (positive ion): calcd for C 28 H 29 N 3 : m/z 406.2283; found: m/z 406.2289 [M þ ]. [Cu II (L1)(ClO 4 ) 2 ]¥H 2 O: Ligand L1 (122.3 mg, 0.3 mmol) was treated with Cu II (ClO 4 ) 2 ¥6 H 2 O (111.2 mg, 0.3 mmol) in CH 3 OH (10 mL) for 30 min at room temperature. Addition of Et 2 O (200 mL) to the mixture gave blue solids that were isolated by decantation, washed three times with Et 2 O, and dried (83 % yield). Single crystals were obtained by vapor diffusion of Et 2 O into a solution of the complex in CH 3 OH. FTIR (KBr): ñ ¼ 1130, 1043, 621 cm À1 (ClO 4 À ); FAB-MS (positive ion): m/z 569.2 [M þ ]; elemental analysis for [Cu II (L1)(ClO 4 ) 2 ]¥H 2 O, calcd (%) for C 28 H 31 O 9 N 3 CuCl 2 : C 48.88, H 4.54, N 6.11; found: C 48.72, H 4.48, N 6.06. [Cu II (TEPA)(ClO 4 )]ClO 4 : The TEPA ligand (332.5 mg, 1.0 mmol) was treated with Cu II (ClO 4 ) 2 ¥6 H 2 O (370.5 mg, 1.0 mmol) in CH 3 CN (10 mL) for 30 min at room temperature. Addition of Et 2 O (200 mL) to the mixture gave a blue oily material that was isolated by decantation and redissolved into CH 3 OH (10 mL). Addition of the CH 3 OH solution into Et 2 O (200 mL) gave blue solids that were isolated by decantation, washed with Et 2 O three times, and dried (95 % yield). Single crystals were obtained by vapor diffusion of Et 2 O into a solution of the complex in CH 3 OH. FTIR (KBr): ñ ¼ 1143, 1081, 625 cm À1 (ClO 4 À ); FAB-MS (positive ion): m/z 494.07 [M þ ]; elemental analysis for [Cu II (TEPA)(ClO 4 )](ClO 4 ), calcd (%) for C 21 H 28 O 8 N 4 CuCl 2 : C 39.98, H 4.47, N 8.88; found: C 40.18, H 4.16, N 8.87.Caution! The perchlorate salts in this study are all potentially explosive and should be handled with care.Kinetic measurements for the reaction of copper(ii) complexes (0.2 mM) and H 2 O 2 were performed by using a multi-scan double mixing stoppedflow spectrophotometer designed for low-temperature measurements (RSP-1000, Unisoku Co., Ltd.) in CH 3 OH at À90 8C. The reaction of [Cu II (L1)(ClO 4 ) 2 ] and H 2 O 2 at the higher concentration ( Figure S10 in the Supporting Infor...