Controlling Photoisomerization Reactivity Through Single Functional Group Substitutions in Ruthenium Phosphine

Gilbert K Kosgei1, Douglas J Breen1, Robert W Lamb2

  • 1Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology , 1 University of New Mexico , Albuquerque , New Mexico 87131 , United States.

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