Sterically demanding methoxy and methyl groups in ruthenium complexes lead to enhanced quantum yields for blue light triggered photodissociation.
Qu, Fengrui; Martinez, Kristina; Arcidiacono, Ashley M.; Park, Seungjo; Zeller, Matthias; Schmehl, Russell H.; Paul, Jared J.; Kim, Yonghyun; Papish, Elizabeth T.; Dalton transactions (Cambridge, England : 2003) 47 (2018) 15685–15693; doi:10.1039/c8dt03295e

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 Sterically demanding methoxy and methyl groups in ruthenium complexes
 lead to enhanced quantum yields for blue light triggered
 photodissociation.
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