The exopolyhedral ligand orientation (ELO) in 3‐(nitrato‐κO)‐3,3‐bis(triphenylphosphane‐κP)‐3‐rhoda‐1,2‐dicarba‐closo‐dodecaborane(11) dichloromethane 2.2‐solvate

In the title compound, [Rh(C₂H₁₁B₉)(NO₃)(C₁₈H₁₅P)₂]·2.2CH₂Cl₂, studied as a 2.2‐solvate of what was assumed to be dichloromethane, the nitrate ligand lies cis with respect to both cage C atoms. Accordingly, the compound displays a pronounced preferred exopolyhedral ligand orientation (ELO) which is traced to both the greater trans influence of the cage B over the cage C atoms and the greater trans influence of the triphenylphosphane ligands over the nitrate ligand. The overall molecular architecture therefore agrees with that of a number of similar 3‐L‐3,3‐L′₂‐3,1,2‐closo‐MC₂B₉H₁₁ species in the literature.