The background and achievements in the growing field of electron-transfer triggered
sulfoxide isomerizations is reviewed. Starting with the original electrochemical investigations …

Non-invasive control of the drug molecules accessibility is a key issue in improving
diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. Some studies have explored the spatiotemporal …

The versatile and tunable ligand-exchange dynamics in ruthenium (II)-polypyridyl
complexes imposed by the modulation of the steric and electronic effects of the coordinated …

A series of photochromic ruthenium sulfoxide complexes of the form [Ru (bpy) 2 (OSOR)]+,
where bpy is 2, 2′-bipyridine and OSOR is 2-(benzylsulfinyl) benzoate (OSOBn), 2 …

Reversible, external triggering of molecules between two ground states is central to the
operation of modern molecular machines.[1–3] A desirable trigger is light, as it provides an …

Metal complexes with thiocyanate (SCN–) ligands typically exhibit S-or N-coordinated
linkage isomers. In this study, to explore ionic liquids that exhibit stimuli-responsiveness …

Benzimidazoles are chemically and pharmaceutically important, and an environmentally
benign synthetic method based on acceptorless dehydrogenative condensation of primary …

Polypyridine ruthenium sulfoxide complexes are intriguing compounds which can display
both photochromic and electrochromic properties. These properties are based on the Ru …

Supramolecular switches operate as simple machines by using a stimulus to turn stations off
and on, generating thermodynamic differences that define bistability and enable motion …

The complexes [Ru (bpy) 2 (OS)](PF6) and [Ru (bpy) 2 (OSO)](PF6), where bpy is 2, 2′-
bipyridine, OS is 2-methylthiobenzoate, and OSO is 2-methylsulfinylbenzoate, have been …