“…Power and Tokitoh have reported the syntheses of kinetically stabilized trans -distibenes and -dibismuthenes ( trans -RMMR, M = Sb, Bi and R = bulky ligand; Chart ) . Reactions of double-bonded BbtMMBbt and TbtMMTbt compounds (Bbt = 2,6-bis[bis(trimethylsilyl)methyl]-4-[tris(trimethylsilyl)methyl]phenyl; Tbt = 2,4,6-tris[bis(trimethylsilyl)methyl]phenyl) with elemental chalcogens give the dimeric centrosymmetric oxides (BbtMO) 2 and (TbtMO) 2 with central four-membered rings in the case of oxygen and mixtures of cyclic sulfides and polysulfides in the reaction with sulfur . On the other hand, reactions with selenium and Bu 3 PTe yielded selena- and telluradistibarane and selena- and telluradibismirane as examples of the heaviest three-membered heteroatom ring systems reported to date. , Trimeric (TbtMSe) 3 (M = Sb, Bi) and (BbtSbSe) 3 compounds with a six-membered core have recently been obtained as stable compounds. ,, Nevertheless, any evidence for organoantimony compounds bearing an unsupported terminal Sb−Se or Sb−Te double bond is still missing.…”