A novel technique that allows efficient measurement of the 35,37Cl isotope pattern for any 13C resonance has been developed. The band-selective CLIP-HSQMBC experiment is reliable and universally applicable for the indirect measurement of the 35,37Cl isotope shift of 13C resonances. The experiment provides advantages over conventional 1D 13C NMR and the recently developed bs-HSQC experiments. The utility and performance of the bs-CLIP-HSQMBC experiment is demonstrated for polyhalogenated synthons in a synthetic route and for a polyhalogenated marine natural product.