Chemically and electrochemically induced interconversion between five one-stranded complexes of copper(II) and the respective double-stranded helicates of copper(I) bearing the ligand 6,6′′′-dimethyl-2,2′:6′,2′′:6′′,2′′′-quaterpyridine (L) culminated in different luminescence properties. Five new mononuclear complexes of copper(II) bearing the ligand L {[Cu II LCl 2 ] (1), [Cu II L(ClO 4 ) 2 ] (2), [Cu II L(NO 3 ) 2 ] (3), [Cu II L(CF 3 SO 3 ) 2 ] (4), and [a] 861 [a] Standard uncertainties are given in parentheses. [b] A, B, C, and D denote the least-squares planes of the pyridine rings in quaterpyridine.