Photosensitization via dye coordination: A new strategy to synthesize metal nitrosyls that release NO under visible light

Direct coordination of the dye resorufin (Resf) to the ruthenium center photosensitizes the Ru-NO bond and improves NO photolability of the designed {Ru-NO}(6) nitrosyl [(Me(2)bpb)Ru(NO)(Resf)] under visible light.