“…Kinoshita (&) Á H. Hashimoto Á T. Nishioka Á R. Miyamoto Á N. Kuwamura Á Y. Yoshida Graduate School of Science, Osaka-City University, Osaka 558-8585, Japan e-mail: isamu@sci.osaka-cu.ac.jp and inexpensive catalyst, suitable for PCET, is required. We have recently investigated copper(II) complexes and found that, with the aid of strong hydrogen bonds, they can undergo PCET (Kinoshita et al 2003). The complex trispyridylthiomethylcopper(II) with axial halogen anion, for example, can be oxidized to produce corresponding copper(III) ([Cu(tptm)X]) reversibly (Miyamoto et al 2005a, b;Santo et al 2006).…”