Chalcogen dications: Facile synthesis of E--E bonded dications can be readily achieved. Radical cations are identified as the intermediates.
Keywords: 1,2‐dications; chalcogens; density functional calculations; electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy; radicals.
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