Main Group Analogs of Dichalcogeniranes
The Front Cover shows main group dichalcogeniranes bearing three-membered rings composed of one main group atom and two group 16 atoms. Such three-membered-ring compounds appear to be unstable because of their highly strained structures and the electronic repulsion between the lone-pair electrons of two group 16 atoms incorporated into the rigid structures. However, very recently, stable compounds were characterized by X-ray diffraction analysis on many occasions, revealing unique molecular structures with very long chalcogen−chalcogen single-bonds in some cases. Accordingly, it is time to highlight recent advances in the preparation and reactivity of main group analogs of dichalcogeniranes. More information can be found in the Review by M. Saito and co-workers.
