Dark- and Photoexcited-State Electronic Structures of [Ru(SO2)(NH3)4X]Y Complexes and Their Relation to SO2 Photoconversion Efficiency
Single crystals of the [Ru(SO2)(NH3)4X]Y family of complexes are promising photoswitches or photoactuators; they respond structurally to visible light, undergoing SO2 linkage photoisomerization with high spatiotemporal precision. However, the SO2 photoconversion efficiency (PCE) varies markedly with the trans-ligand X...