“…H-B= =S, the first member of the X -B= =S series of transient thioboranes, has been extensively characterized spectroscopically by mass (1), microwave (2,3), photoelectron (4,5), infrared (6,7), and electron excited-ion fluorescence spectroscopy (8) and by ab initio molecular orbital calculations (2,9). However, little is known about the halogenated thioxoboranes X B= =S (X = F, Cl, Br) and in particular little is known about their vibrational spectra at either low or high resolution.…”