Hisatoshi Nishimura, Hirotaka Nagao, F. Scott Howell, Masao Mukaida, Hidetake Kakihana
Chemistry Letters, 19(1) 133-136, 1989 Peer-reviewed
Nitro–Nitrito isomerization occurs reversibly when a formal oxidation state of the central metal atom is changed; a nitro complex of Ru(II) gives a nitrito complex of Ru(IV), which is capable of being returned to the original complex by a moderate reduction.