Electrochemically informed synthesis: oxidation versus coordination of 5,6-bis(phenylchalcogeno)acenaphthenes.
Chalcogen dications: Facile synthesis of E--E bonded dications can be readily achieved. Radical cations are identified as the intermediates.
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Fergus R
FR
Knight
Rebecca A M
RA
Randall
Tracey L
TL
Roemmele
René T
RT
Boeré
Bela E
BE
Bode
Luke
L
Crawford
Michael
M
Bühl
Alexandra M Z
AM
Slawin
J Derek
JD
Woollins
1,2‐dications; chalcogens; density functional calculations; electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy; radicals