Can a Nonorganometallic Ruthenium(II) Polypyridylamine Complex Catalyze Hydride Transfer? Mechanistic Insight from Solution Kinetics on the Reduction of Coenzyme NAD+ by Formate

Application of organometallic ruthenium(II) arene complexes has been successful for the modulation of cellular redox processes via their interaction with species such as formate to control the NAD+...