Syntheses and Solid-State Structures of Bis(dialkylstibanyl)sulfanes and -telluranes

Invited for the cover of this issue is the group of Stephan Schulz at the University of Duisburg-Essen. The cover image illustrates the in situ crystallization technique, which is the thermally induced transformation of polycrystalline (diethylstibanyl)tellurane, (Et2Sb)(2)Te, into a single-crystalline sample by use of an IR laser, which allows melting and recrystallization of the sample in a N-2 cooling steam directly on the diffractometer. The technique provides useful structural information for small molecules and allows a detailed investigation of their intermolecular interactions in the solid state.