“…[3,4,5] The metal-metal interactions are typically interrupted upon melting, resulting in a bathochromic shift between fluid and solid phases, the so-called ''thermochromic'' effect. [6] Group 15/16 compounds such as bis(dialkylstibanyl)chalcogenanes R 2 Sb-E-SbR 2 (E = S, Se, Te) [7,8,9] and bis(dialkylbismuthanyl)chalcogenanes R 2 Bi-E-BiR 2 (E = S, Se, Te), [10,11,12,13] which are accessible by insertion reactions of elemental chalcogens into the metal-metal bonds of the corresponding distibines and dibismuthines, also exhibit weak intermolecular Scheme 1. Molecular group 15/16 compounds with potential technical applications as single source precursors in material sciences.…”