Tripeptide and tetrapeptide complexes of Cu(III) rapidly oxidize Co(phen)32+ showing that outer-sphere electron transfer occurs.The rates for reactions between Co(phen)32+ and ten different uncharged copper(III)-peptide complexes (with E°values for the cross exchange ranging from 0.23 to 0,56 V) exhibit a linear free energy dependence: log ku = 0.25 (±0.02) log Kl2 + 4.4 (±0.2). The slope is much less than that predicted by the usual formulation of the Marcus theory. Nevertheless, electron transfer involving copper(III,II)~peptide complexes is shown to be a very facile process.