Glossary of Abbreviations and Ligand Structures

The financial support of NSERC (Canada) and Carleton University is gratefully acknowledged. I would also like to thank NSERC (Canada) for the award of a University Research Fellowship and Johnson-Matthey P.L.C. for the loan of ruthenium trichloride hydrate in support of my research program. 

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