Attempts to prepare a reagent containing the 1-lithioseleno-2-lithio-1,2-dicarba-closo-dodecaborane(12) were only partially successful. The non-cyclic 1-trimethysilylseleno-2-trimethysilyl-1,2-dicarba-closo-dodecaborane(12) could be obtained in mixtures, and a corresponding diselane, formed by hydrolysis/oxidation could be isolated and characterized by X-ray structural analysis. However, the synthesis of related heterocycles failed. Instead, cyclic species derived in * Prof. Dr. B: Wrackmeyer 1895 principle from 1,2-dilithio-and the 1,2-bis(lithioseleno)-1,2-dicarbacloso-dodecaborane(12) were isolated and characterized. This led to a new 1,5-diselena-2,4-disila-3-oxa-cycloheptane derivative, for which the structure in solution was confirmed by NMR spectroscopy ( 1 H, 13 C, 29 Si, 77 Se NMR) and DFT calculations [B3LYP/6-311+G(d,p)], and the molecular solid-state structure was determined by X-ray diffraction. Scheme 1. Straightforward route from ortho-carborane 1 via the 1,2dilithio derivative 2 to the 1,2-diselenolato-1,2-dicarba-closo-dodecaborane(12) dianion [1,2-(1,2-C 2 B 10 H 10 )Se 2 ] 2-(3). The potential route to the mono-insertion product "4" is shown.