“…Thiocyanate groups can undergoo xidativec hlorination and cleavage with sulfuryl chloride and form sulfonyl chlorides. [16] However,the use of sulfuryl chloride in boron clusterchemistry was reported rather in terms of effective polychlorination of variousb oron cages, in particulart hose bearing an anionic charge. [17] Nevertheless, when the reactions of neutrald icarbacloso-dodecaboranes were carried out at relativelym ild temperatures (up to 50 8C), no sign of clusterc hlorination was observed with either NMR spectroscopy or MS. All the reactions led to corresponding sulfonyl chlorides of the formula 1-ClSO 2 -(CH 2 ) 3 -C 2 B 10 H 11 (ortho-8, meta-8, para-8)a nd 1,2-, 1,7-, or 1,12-(ClSO 2 -(CH 2 ) 3 ) 2 -C 2 B 10 H 10 (ortho-9, meta-9, para-9), and the expected products were isolated in good yield.…”