title: Photochemical and thermal ligand exchange in a ruthenium(II) complex based on a scorpionate terpyridine ligand.
abstract: A ruthenium(II) complex containing a 1,10-phenanthroline unit and a terpyridine fragment covalently linked to a benzonitrile group has been synthesised; coordination and decoordination of the benzonitrile group can be induced thermally and photochemically respectively, in an acetone-water mixture.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Chimie Organo-Minérale, UMR 7513 du CNRS, Université Louis Pasteur, Faculté de Chimie, 4, rue Blaise Pascal, 67070 Strasbourg Cedex, France.
authors.forename: Emma R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Schofleld
authors.forename: Jean-Paul
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Collin
authors.forename: Nathalie
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gruber
authors.forename: Jean-Pierre
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Sauvage