“…As preliminary characterization, we measured and compared the ionization energies of the three different isomers of closo -dicarbadodecaborane ( ortho -carborane (1,2-C 2 B 10 H 12 ), meta -carborane (1,7-C 2 B 10 H 12 ), para -carborane (1,12-C 2 B 10 H 12 )), and two related icosahedral cage molecules, 1-phospha-2-carbadodecaborane (1,2-PCB 10 H 11 ) and 1-phospha-7-carbadodecaborane (1,7-PCB 10 H 11 ). We determined the adiabatic ionization energy from the first onset of appearance of the parent ion mass peak, similar to previous work. , As illustrated in Figure , the parent ion signal for 1,7-PCB 10 H 11 provides for the adiabatic ionization energy 10.10 ± 0.02 eV. In addition, the vertical ionization energy is derived from a linear extrapolation of the ion signal, as indicated in Figure , yielding 10.22 ± 0.03 eV.…”