Acta Cryst. (2002). E58, o911-o912  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536802012503 ]

(R,S)-1,2-Bis(benzylsulfinyl)ethane

J.-R. Li, R.-H. Zhang and X.-H. Bu

Abstract: The molecular structure of the title compound, C₁₆H₁₈O₂S₂, adopts the R,S form, and has a center of symmetry at the midpoint of the central C-C bond. All the C and S atoms between two phenyl rings are coplanar; this plane is perpendicular to the planes of the phenyl rings. The two S=O groups lie on opposite sides of that plane and their pseudo-torsion angle (S=OS=O) is 180°, as required by symmetry.

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