This paper describes the synthesis and characterization of heteropolynuclear redox active materials [FerCuCl] 4 YY¢, Y = Y¢ = O, Y = Y¢ = Cat and Y = O, Y¢ = Cat, Fer = N,N-dimethylaminomethylferrocene and Cat = 3,4, 5,6-tetrachlorocatecholato ligand. Manometric O 2 uptake measurements in PhNO 2 show that tetranuclear [FerCuCl] 4 and [FerCuCl] 4 Cat give the tetranuclear oxocopper(II) products [FerCuCl] 4 O 2 and [FerCuCl] 4 CatO, respectively. The absence of carbonyl stretching vibrational bands in [FerCuCl] 4 Cat 2 and [FerCuCl] 4 CatO suggest that tetrachloro-1,2-benzoquinone (TClBQ) is reduced to the corresponding catecholete during the oxidation of copper(I) centers in [FerCuCl] 4 . The near i.r. electronic spectra for [FerCuCl] 4 O 2 , [FerCuCl] 4 CatO and [FerCuCl] 4 Cat 2 exhibit broad intense split maxima in the 750-875 nm range, attributed to a minimum of three halide ligands per Cu. Room temperature solid state e.p.r. spectra for [FerCuCl] 4 CatO and [FerCuCl] 4 Cat 2 are of the axial type, suggesting a square pyramidal geometry around Cu II .