How to overcome Coulomb explosions in labile dications by using the [B12Cl12](2-) dianion

The dicationic homoleptic lithium-sulfur dioxide complex [Li-2(SO2)(8)](2+) in [Li-2(SO2)(8)][B12Cl12] has been characterized by X-ray diffraction; [Li-2(SO2)(8)](2+) is stabilized in the solid state by the weakly-coordinating dianion[B12Cl12](2-) and the high lattice enthalpy of the resulting dication-dianion salt.