loading . . . Isolation of kinetically-stabilised diarylchalcogenide radical cations Communications Chemistry, Published online: 09 August 2025; doi:10.1038/s42004-025-01613-zChalcogenide radical cations are usually short-lived intermediates, making their isolation challenging. Here, the authors report the stabilization of these species by using the MSFluind (dispiro[fluorene-9,3’-(1’,1’,7’,7’-tetramethyl-s-hydrindacen-4’-yl)-5’,9”-fluorene]) substituent to produce [MSFluindPhE][B(C6F5)4] (E = S, Se, Te) radical cation salts, which they characterize using electron paramagnetic spectroscopy, cyclic voltammetry, optical absorption spectroscopy, single crystal X-ray diffraction and quantum mechanical computations. https://bit.ly/3J6RXkl
