2,5-Dimethyl-1-phenyl-1H-stibole, for example, can be formed by the reaction of 1,1-dibutyl-2,5-dimethylstannole and dichlorophenylstibine.1 Stiboles can be used to form ferrocene-like sandwich compounds.2
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