“…[56] However, the most convenient route for such compounds including those containing sterically less demanding organic substituents, for which intermolecular interactions between adjacent molecules in the solid state are most likely, are reactions of low-valent dipentelanes R 4 M 2 (M = Sb, Bi) containing weak M-M bonds with dichalcogenanes E' 2 R 2 (E' = S, Se, Te). [8,10,18,19,20,21,22] For instance, R 2 SbER' (E = S, Se, Te; R = Me, Et, R' = Me, Ph) were obtained from reactions of Sb 2 R 4 and E 2 R' 2 at ambient temperature (Sb 2 Me 4 ) and -40 °C (Sb 2 Et 4 ), respectively. [15,16,17] R 2 SbTeMe (R = Me, Et), which decompose upon heating with formation of the corresponding trialkylstibine SbR 3 and RSb(ER') 2 , were reported to be thermochromic, indicating the presence of intermolecular contacts between the metal centers in the solid state.…”