“…[18] This trend was also observed for the previously published sulfur derivatives of I1 and I2, although in those cases, the downfield shift was more pronounced. [18] Also interesting is that the values found for the diphenylphosphine groups (-PPh 2 ) are very much shifted upfield with respect to the value found for 1-diphenylphosphino-carborane (δ = 25.2 ppm), [29] due to the presence of the iminophosphorane group on the other cage carbon atom. The value found for the phosphine oxide group in IP2, 18.7 ppm, is only slightly lower than the values found in the 31 P NMR spectra of other carboranyl-diphenylphosphine oxide derivatives described in the literature, such as 1,2-(OPPh 2 ) 2 -closo-C 2 B 10 H 10 (δ = 23.67 ppm) [28,30] or 1-OPPh 2 -2-R-closo-C 2 B 10 H 10 [R = Me (δ = 19.28 ppm), Ph (δ =19.65 ppm)].…”