Unexpected photochemistry and charge-transfer complexes of [CB(11)H(12)](-) carborane.
Although the [CB(11)H(12)](-) carborane does not exhibit an absorption band in UV, its triplet excited state can be generated upon 308 nm laser excitation; also unexpectedly carborane acts as electron donor forming a charge transfer complex with methylviologen that upon illumination gives rise to viologen radical cation.
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Instituto de Tecnología Química, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Camino de Vera s/n, 46022, Valencia, Spain.
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