“…As a general trend, in the compounds substituted with sulfur the cluster C(1)--C(2) distance is longer than in the unsubstituted compounds or in compounds substituted with silicon or carbon. In the compounds containing two S atoms (Table 1), the C(1)---C(2) distance is 1.858 (5) and 1.826(5)A ) and 1.816(6)A (Teixidor, Romerosa, Rius, Miravitlles, Casab6, Vifias & Sanchez, 1990), whereas in 9,12-isopropylidenedithio-l,2-dicarba-closo-dodecaborane(12), a compound with unsubstituted cluster C atoms, it is only 1.634 (3)A (~ubrtov~., Linek & Ha~ek, 1980). Similarly, when the cluster C atoms are connected directly to silicon the C(1)--C(2) distance is 1.688 (5) A (Kivek~is, Romerosa & Vifias, 1994), and when connected to carbon, 1.684 (6)A (Holbrey, Iveson, Lockhart, Tomkinson, Teixidor, Romerosa, Vifias & Rius, 1993).…”