organic compounds
5-(4,5-Diiodo-1,3-dithiol-2-ylidene)-4′,5′-bis(methylsulfanyl)-2,2′-bi-1,3-dithiole-4(5H)-thione
aDivision of Applied Science and Fundamental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Shizuoka University, Johoku 3-5-1, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka 432-8561, Japan, and bBruker AXS Co. Ltd., Moriya-cho 3-9, Kanagawa-ku, Kanagawa, Kanagawa 221-0022, Japan
*Correspondence e-mail: tkueda@ipc.shizuoka.ac.jp
The molecular skeleton of the title molecule, C11H6I2S9, is nearly planar [maximum deviation 0.052 (3) Å] except for the two methyl groups. In the crystal, molecules related by translation along b axis are associated into columns through π–π interactions between the five-membered rings, with a centroid–centroid distance of 3.593 (5) Å. Interaction between adjacent columns is accomplished by short S⋯I contacts of 3.2099 (4) Å.
Related literature
For background to tetrathiafulvalenothioquinone-1,3-dithiolemethide derivatives, see: Iwamatsu et al. (2000); Wang et al. (2005, 2007); Hiraoka et al. (2005); Fujiwara et al. (2006, 2007). For details of the synthesis, see Iwamatsu et al. (1999). For intermolecular S⋯I contacts, see: Ahlsen & Strømme (1974); Herbstein & Schwortzer (1984); Freemanm et al. (1988); Bigoli et al. (1996). For van der Waals radii, see: Bondi (1964).
Experimental
Crystal data
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Data collection: APEX2 (Bruker, 2006); cell SAINT (Bruker, 2004); data reduction: SAINT; program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: Mercury (Macrae et al., 2006); software used to prepare material for publication: XCIF (Bruker, 2001).
Supporting information
https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536809042573/cv2627sup1.cif
contains datablocks I, global. DOI:Structure factors: contains datablock I. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536809042573/cv2627Isup2.hkl
Compound (I) was synthesized by a modification of the method used for the preparation of bis(methylthio)tetrathiafulvalenothioquinone-1,3-dithiolemethide (Iwamatsu et al.,1999). Bis(tetraethylammonium)bis(2,3-bis(methylthio)tetrathiafulvalenyl-6,7-dithiolato)zinc (269 mg, 0.258 mmol) was reacted with 4,5-diiodo-2-methylthio-1,3-dithiole-2,3-dithiolium tetrafluoroborate (535 mg, 1.10 mmol) in THF-DMF (5:1 = v/v) at room temperature under nitrogen, and stirring was carried out for 12 h. After separation of the reaction mixture by
on silica gel (eluent: CS2) followed by recrystallization from CS2/n-hexane, (I) was obtained as black needles in 72% yield.The H atoms were geometrically positioned with C—H: 0.98 Å, and refined as riding, with Uiso(H)= 1.5Ueq(C). The highest residual peak [3.45 e Å-3] and deepest hole [-2.31 e Å-3] are situated 0.98 Å and 0.69 Å at atom I2, respectively.
Charge transfer (CT) complexes of new donor molecules featuring a skeleton of tetrathiafulvalenothioquinone-1,3-dithiolemethide with magnetic metal ions are used for the preparation of magnetic molecular conductors, especially ferromagnetic semiconductors and metals (Wang et al., 2005, 2007; Hiraoka et al., 2005; Fujiwara et al., 2006, 2007). In the CT salts of an ethylendithiotetrathiafulvalenothioquinone-1,3-dithiolemethide donor with CuBr2, the Cu atom (a Lewis acid) of CuBr2 is bound to the S atom (a Lewis base) of a C=S group in the donor to form a new type of π/d molecular system (Iwamatsu et al., 2000). The introduction of Lewis acids, such as iodine atoms, as substituents in the molecular skeleton is expected to enhance intermolecular interaction through the formation of S···I contacts. These contacts are of special interest in these structures as they may increase the dimensionality of aggregation in the solid-state. In this context, the of the title compound, (I), was investigated.
The molecular framework of (I), Fig. 1, except for two methylthio groups, is almost planar [maximum deviation 0.052 (3) Å]. The displacements of atoms S8, S9, I1 and I2 relative to the plane of the skeleton are -0.164 (3), -0.151 (3), 0.164 (3) and 0.277 (3) Å, respectively. The torsion angles of the two methylthio groups are -136.95° for C10—S8—C8—C9 and 80.97° for C11—S9—C9—C8. In the
two different arrangements of the molecules are present. One arrangement has a dihedral angle of 48.41° to the ac plane, while the other has a dihedral angle of 131.51° to the ac plane. As a result, the molecules are stacked in the same orientations to form one-dimensional columns along the [110] and [1–10] directions (Fig. 2). Although the weak interaction between stacked molecules in the columns is accomplished through contacts between different sulfur atoms [S3···S5i = 3.5916 (6) Å; symmetry code: (i) +x, 1 + y, +z] is shorter than the sum of van der Waals radii of two sulfur atoms (3.60 Å), stacked molecules are separated by interplanar distances greater than 3.54 Å and have fairly poor overlap (Bondi, 1964). However, some effective side-by-side contacts are observed between molecules of adjacent columns. The interaction between columns is accomplished by contacts between sulfur and iodine atoms [S3···I1ii = 3.2099 (4) Å; symmetry code: (ii) 2 - x, -1 + y, 1/2 - z] along the a axis (Fig. 3). This distance is shorter than the sum of van der Waals radii of sulfur and iodine atoms (3.78 Å). In the two molecules bound by sulfur-iodine interaction, the C5—S3—I1ii—C1ii moieties are not planar and almost linear S3—I1ii—C1ii fragments lie roughly perpendicular to the molecular skeleton [torsion angle of -81.47° for I1i—S3—C5—S5 and torsion angle of 97.60° for I1i—S3—C5—C4], and the dihedral angle of the molecules is 83.11°. Such sulfur-iodine interactions have been observed previously (Ahlsen et al.,1974; Herbstein et al., 1984; Freemanm et al., 1988; Bigoli et al., 1996).For background to tetrathiafulvalenothioquinone-1,3-dithiolemethide derivatives, see: Iwamatsu et al. (2000); Wang et al. (2005, 2007); Hiraoka et al. (2005); Fujiwara et al. (2006, 2007). For details of the synthesis, see Iwamatsu et al. (1999). For intermolecular S···I contacts, see: Ahlsen et al. (1974); Herbstein et al. (1984); Freemanm et al. (1988); Bigoli et al. (1996). For van der Waals radii, see: Bondi (1964).
Data collection: APEX2 (Bruker, 2006); cell
SAINT (Bruker, 2004); data reduction: SAINT (Bruker, 2004); program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: Mercury (Macrae et al., 2006); software used to prepare material for publication: XCIF (Bruker, 2001).C11H6I2S9 | F(000) = 2576 |
Mr = 680.50 | Dx = 2.336 Mg m−3 |
Monoclinic, C2/c | Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å |
Hall symbol: -C 2yc | Cell parameters from 2871 reflections |
a = 29.540 (7) Å | θ = 2.4–27.5° |
b = 5.3543 (13) Å | µ = 4.21 mm−1 |
c = 25.163 (6) Å | T = 93 K |
β = 103.544 (3)° | Needle, black |
V = 3869.2 (16) Å3 | 0.55 × 0.18 × 0.01 mm |
Z = 8 |
Bruker APEXII CCD area-detector diffractometer | 4387 independent reflections |
Radiation source: Bruker TXS fine-focus rotating anode | 3536 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Bruker Helios multilayer confocal mirror monochromator | Rint = 0.040 |
Detector resolution: 8.333 pixels mm-1 | θmax = 27.5°, θmin = 1.4° |
φ and ω scans | h = −38→36 |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Sheldrick, 1996) | k = −6→6 |
Tmin = 0.205, Tmax = 0.979 | l = −24→32 |
10568 measured reflections |
Refinement on F2 | Primary atom site location: structure-invariant direct methods |
Least-squares matrix: full | Secondary atom site location: difference Fourier map |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.038 | Hydrogen site location: inferred from neighbouring sites |
wR(F2) = 0.090 | H-atom parameters constrained |
S = 1.07 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.028P)2 + 20.8292P] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
4387 reflections | (Δ/σ)max = 0.002 |
201 parameters | Δρmax = 3.45 e Å−3 |
0 restraints | Δρmin = −2.31 e Å−3 |
C11H6I2S9 | V = 3869.2 (16) Å3 |
Mr = 680.50 | Z = 8 |
Monoclinic, C2/c | Mo Kα radiation |
a = 29.540 (7) Å | µ = 4.21 mm−1 |
b = 5.3543 (13) Å | T = 93 K |
c = 25.163 (6) Å | 0.55 × 0.18 × 0.01 mm |
β = 103.544 (3)° |
Bruker APEXII CCD area-detector diffractometer | 4387 independent reflections |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Sheldrick, 1996) | 3536 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Tmin = 0.205, Tmax = 0.979 | Rint = 0.040 |
10568 measured reflections |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.038 | 0 restraints |
wR(F2) = 0.090 | H-atom parameters constrained |
S = 1.07 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.028P)2 + 20.8292P] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
4387 reflections | Δρmax = 3.45 e Å−3 |
201 parameters | Δρmin = −2.31 e Å−3 |
Geometry. All e.s.d.'s (except the e.s.d. in the dihedral angle between two l.s. planes) are estimated using the full covariance matrix. The cell e.s.d.'s are taken into account individually in the estimation of e.s.d.'s in distances, angles and torsion angles; correlations between e.s.d.'s in cell parameters are only used when they are defined by crystal symmetry. An approximate (isotropic) treatment of cell e.s.d.'s is used for estimating e.s.d.'s involving l.s. planes. |
Refinement. Refinement of F2 against ALL reflections. The weighted R-factor wR and goodness of fit S are based on F2, conventional R-factors R are based on F, with F set to zero for negative F2. The threshold expression of F2 > σ(F2) is used only for calculating R-factors(gt) etc. and is not relevant to the choice of reflections for refinement. R-factors based on F2 are statistically about twice as large as those based on F, and R- factors based on ALL data will be even larger. |
x | y | z | Uiso*/Ueq | ||
C1 | 1.01287 (15) | 1.3727 (9) | 0.35298 (19) | 0.0158 (10) | |
C2 | 1.02057 (16) | 1.2692 (10) | 0.4024 (2) | 0.0198 (11) | |
C3 | 0.94845 (15) | 1.0393 (9) | 0.34447 (18) | 0.0150 (10) | |
C4 | 0.91248 (16) | 0.8707 (9) | 0.32900 (19) | 0.0157 (10) | |
C5 | 0.88305 (16) | 0.8507 (9) | 0.27608 (19) | 0.0152 (10) | |
C6 | 0.85596 (16) | 0.5009 (9) | 0.3338 (2) | 0.0177 (10) | |
C7 | 0.83308 (16) | 0.3149 (10) | 0.35177 (19) | 0.0180 (11) | |
C8 | 0.80459 (17) | −0.0037 (10) | 0.4151 (2) | 0.0213 (11) | |
C9 | 0.77585 (16) | −0.0346 (10) | 0.3660 (2) | 0.0197 (11) | |
C10 | 0.8099 (2) | 0.0697 (12) | 0.5245 (2) | 0.0345 (14) | |
H10A | 0.8431 | 0.1096 | 0.5359 | 0.052* | |
H10B | 0.7988 | 0.0128 | 0.5562 | 0.052* | |
H10C | 0.7925 | 0.2190 | 0.5090 | 0.052* | |
C11 | 0.68641 (17) | −0.0497 (11) | 0.3739 (2) | 0.0244 (12) | |
H11A | 0.6975 | −0.0211 | 0.4132 | 0.037* | |
H11B | 0.6563 | −0.1358 | 0.3667 | 0.037* | |
H11C | 0.6828 | 0.1110 | 0.3547 | 0.037* | |
I1 | 1.052758 (10) | 1.64937 (6) | 0.326836 (12) | 0.01695 (10) | |
I2 | 1.075939 (14) | 1.33621 (9) | 0.468614 (15) | 0.04003 (14) | |
S1 | 0.96539 (4) | 1.2618 (2) | 0.30265 (5) | 0.0163 (2) | |
S2 | 0.98132 (4) | 1.0369 (3) | 0.41150 (5) | 0.0202 (3) | |
S3 | 0.88601 (4) | 1.0394 (2) | 0.22343 (5) | 0.0186 (3) | |
S4 | 0.90284 (4) | 0.6524 (2) | 0.37793 (5) | 0.0196 (3) | |
S5 | 0.84272 (4) | 0.6130 (2) | 0.26660 (5) | 0.0194 (3) | |
S6 | 0.84983 (4) | 0.2173 (3) | 0.42068 (5) | 0.0217 (3) | |
S7 | 0.78627 (4) | 0.1484 (3) | 0.31171 (5) | 0.0200 (3) | |
S8 | 0.80104 (5) | −0.1743 (3) | 0.47356 (5) | 0.0231 (3) | |
S9 | 0.72837 (4) | −0.2411 (3) | 0.34965 (5) | 0.0200 (3) |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
C1 | 0.013 (2) | 0.020 (3) | 0.015 (2) | −0.0029 (19) | 0.0032 (18) | −0.002 (2) |
C2 | 0.018 (2) | 0.023 (3) | 0.017 (2) | −0.004 (2) | −0.0002 (19) | 0.002 (2) |
C3 | 0.015 (2) | 0.017 (3) | 0.012 (2) | 0.0032 (19) | 0.0015 (18) | −0.0001 (19) |
C4 | 0.015 (2) | 0.015 (3) | 0.017 (2) | 0.0032 (19) | 0.0038 (18) | 0.004 (2) |
C5 | 0.017 (2) | 0.016 (3) | 0.015 (2) | 0.0061 (19) | 0.0073 (18) | −0.0025 (19) |
C6 | 0.017 (2) | 0.015 (3) | 0.020 (3) | −0.0027 (19) | 0.0026 (19) | −0.004 (2) |
C7 | 0.017 (2) | 0.020 (3) | 0.016 (2) | 0.000 (2) | 0.0033 (19) | −0.003 (2) |
C8 | 0.018 (2) | 0.020 (3) | 0.026 (3) | −0.004 (2) | 0.007 (2) | −0.001 (2) |
C9 | 0.013 (2) | 0.020 (3) | 0.027 (3) | −0.002 (2) | 0.0050 (19) | −0.004 (2) |
C10 | 0.047 (4) | 0.035 (4) | 0.024 (3) | −0.007 (3) | 0.015 (3) | −0.002 (3) |
C11 | 0.018 (2) | 0.029 (3) | 0.026 (3) | −0.001 (2) | 0.005 (2) | −0.004 (2) |
I1 | 0.01587 (16) | 0.01857 (18) | 0.01695 (17) | −0.00209 (12) | 0.00491 (12) | −0.00065 (13) |
I2 | 0.0346 (2) | 0.0579 (3) | 0.0204 (2) | −0.0239 (2) | −0.00805 (16) | 0.01043 (18) |
S1 | 0.0161 (6) | 0.0184 (6) | 0.0143 (6) | −0.0014 (5) | 0.0033 (4) | 0.0016 (5) |
S2 | 0.0195 (6) | 0.0269 (7) | 0.0133 (6) | −0.0053 (5) | 0.0019 (5) | 0.0029 (5) |
S3 | 0.0198 (6) | 0.0193 (7) | 0.0160 (6) | 0.0023 (5) | 0.0027 (5) | 0.0014 (5) |
S4 | 0.0223 (6) | 0.0212 (7) | 0.0153 (6) | −0.0046 (5) | 0.0046 (5) | 0.0002 (5) |
S5 | 0.0188 (6) | 0.0194 (7) | 0.0185 (6) | −0.0034 (5) | 0.0014 (5) | −0.0020 (5) |
S6 | 0.0208 (6) | 0.0254 (8) | 0.0182 (6) | −0.0065 (5) | 0.0031 (5) | −0.0005 (5) |
S7 | 0.0200 (6) | 0.0215 (7) | 0.0179 (6) | −0.0040 (5) | 0.0033 (5) | −0.0012 (5) |
S8 | 0.0254 (7) | 0.0233 (7) | 0.0202 (7) | −0.0050 (5) | 0.0044 (5) | 0.0014 (5) |
S9 | 0.0182 (6) | 0.0207 (7) | 0.0214 (6) | −0.0037 (5) | 0.0052 (5) | −0.0039 (5) |
C1—C2 | 1.331 (7) | C7—S7 | 1.752 (5) |
C1—S1 | 1.758 (5) | C7—S6 | 1.767 (5) |
C1—I1 | 2.093 (5) | C8—C9 | 1.336 (7) |
C2—S2 | 1.751 (5) | C8—S8 | 1.755 (5) |
C2—I2 | 2.074 (5) | C8—S6 | 1.766 (5) |
C3—C4 | 1.379 (7) | C9—S9 | 1.758 (5) |
C3—S2 | 1.738 (4) | C9—S7 | 1.766 (5) |
C3—S1 | 1.739 (5) | C10—S8 | 1.806 (6) |
C4—C5 | 1.414 (6) | C10—H10A | 0.9800 |
C4—S4 | 1.769 (5) | C10—H10B | 0.9800 |
C5—S3 | 1.685 (5) | C10—H10C | 0.9800 |
C5—S5 | 1.721 (5) | C11—S9 | 1.820 (5) |
C6—C7 | 1.340 (7) | C11—H11A | 0.9800 |
C6—S5 | 1.750 (5) | C11—H11B | 0.9800 |
C6—S4 | 1.758 (5) | C11—H11C | 0.9800 |
C2—C1—S1 | 117.7 (4) | C8—C9—S9 | 126.4 (4) |
C2—C1—I1 | 127.1 (4) | C8—C9—S7 | 117.3 (4) |
S1—C1—I1 | 115.2 (2) | S9—C9—S7 | 116.2 (3) |
C1—C2—S2 | 116.4 (4) | S8—C10—H10A | 109.5 |
C1—C2—I2 | 127.5 (4) | S8—C10—H10B | 109.5 |
S2—C2—I2 | 116.1 (3) | H10A—C10—H10B | 109.5 |
C4—C3—S2 | 119.2 (4) | S8—C10—H10C | 109.5 |
C4—C3—S1 | 126.1 (4) | H10A—C10—H10C | 109.5 |
S2—C3—S1 | 114.7 (3) | H10B—C10—H10C | 109.5 |
C3—C4—C5 | 125.4 (5) | S9—C11—H11A | 109.5 |
C3—C4—S4 | 118.4 (4) | S9—C11—H11B | 109.5 |
C5—C4—S4 | 116.2 (4) | H11A—C11—H11B | 109.5 |
C4—C5—S3 | 124.2 (4) | S9—C11—H11C | 109.5 |
C4—C5—S5 | 116.1 (4) | H11A—C11—H11C | 109.5 |
S3—C5—S5 | 119.8 (3) | H11B—C11—H11C | 109.5 |
C7—C6—S5 | 124.4 (4) | C3—S1—C1 | 95.1 (2) |
C7—C6—S4 | 121.0 (4) | C3—S2—C2 | 96.0 (2) |
S5—C6—S4 | 114.6 (3) | C6—S4—C4 | 95.5 (2) |
C6—C7—S7 | 125.2 (4) | C5—S5—C6 | 97.4 (2) |
C6—C7—S6 | 120.2 (4) | C8—S6—C7 | 95.0 (2) |
S7—C7—S6 | 114.6 (3) | C7—S7—C9 | 95.4 (2) |
C9—C8—S8 | 124.1 (4) | C8—S8—C10 | 101.0 (3) |
C9—C8—S6 | 117.5 (4) | C9—S9—C11 | 97.8 (2) |
S8—C8—S6 | 118.4 (3) |
Experimental details
Crystal data | |
Chemical formula | C11H6I2S9 |
Mr | 680.50 |
Crystal system, space group | Monoclinic, C2/c |
Temperature (K) | 93 |
a, b, c (Å) | 29.540 (7), 5.3543 (13), 25.163 (6) |
β (°) | 103.544 (3) |
V (Å3) | 3869.2 (16) |
Z | 8 |
Radiation type | Mo Kα |
µ (mm−1) | 4.21 |
Crystal size (mm) | 0.55 × 0.18 × 0.01 |
Data collection | |
Diffractometer | Bruker APEXII CCD area-detector |
Absorption correction | Multi-scan (SADABS; Sheldrick, 1996) |
Tmin, Tmax | 0.205, 0.979 |
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections | 10568, 4387, 3536 |
Rint | 0.040 |
(sin θ/λ)max (Å−1) | 0.649 |
Refinement | |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)], wR(F2), S | 0.038, 0.090, 1.07 |
No. of reflections | 4387 |
No. of parameters | 201 |
H-atom treatment | H-atom parameters constrained |
w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.028P)2 + 20.8292P] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 | |
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å−3) | 3.45, −2.31 |
Computer programs: APEX2 (Bruker, 2006), SAINT (Bruker, 2004), SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008), SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008), Mercury (Macrae et al., 2006), XCIF (Bruker, 2001).
Acknowledgements
This work was supported by the Hamashin Regional Development Foundation and the Japan Chemical Innovation Institute.
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Charge transfer (CT) complexes of new donor molecules featuring a skeleton of tetrathiafulvalenothioquinone-1,3-dithiolemethide with magnetic metal ions are used for the preparation of magnetic molecular conductors, especially ferromagnetic semiconductors and metals (Wang et al., 2005, 2007; Hiraoka et al., 2005; Fujiwara et al., 2006, 2007). In the CT salts of an ethylendithiotetrathiafulvalenothioquinone-1,3-dithiolemethide donor with CuBr2, the Cu atom (a Lewis acid) of CuBr2 is bound to the S atom (a Lewis base) of a C=S group in the donor to form a new type of π/d molecular system (Iwamatsu et al., 2000). The introduction of Lewis acids, such as iodine atoms, as substituents in the molecular skeleton is expected to enhance intermolecular interaction through the formation of S···I contacts. These contacts are of special interest in these structures as they may increase the dimensionality of aggregation in the solid-state. In this context, the crystal structure of the title compound, (I), was investigated.
The molecular framework of (I), Fig. 1, except for two methylthio groups, is almost planar [maximum deviation 0.052 (3) Å]. The displacements of atoms S8, S9, I1 and I2 relative to the plane of the skeleton are -0.164 (3), -0.151 (3), 0.164 (3) and 0.277 (3) Å, respectively. The torsion angles of the two methylthio groups are -136.95° for C10—S8—C8—C9 and 80.97° for C11—S9—C9—C8. In the crystal structure, two different arrangements of the molecules are present. One arrangement has a dihedral angle of 48.41° to the ac plane, while the other has a dihedral angle of 131.51° to the ac plane. As a result, the molecules are stacked in the same orientations to form one-dimensional columns along the [110] and [1–10] directions (Fig. 2). Although the weak interaction between stacked molecules in the columns is accomplished through contacts between different sulfur atoms [S3···S5i = 3.5916 (6) Å; symmetry code: (i) +x, 1 + y, +z] is shorter than the sum of van der Waals radii of two sulfur atoms (3.60 Å), stacked molecules are separated by interplanar distances greater than 3.54 Å and have fairly poor overlap (Bondi, 1964). However, some effective side-by-side contacts are observed between molecules of adjacent columns. The interaction between columns is accomplished by contacts between sulfur and iodine atoms [S3···I1ii = 3.2099 (4) Å; symmetry code: (ii) 2 - x, -1 + y, 1/2 - z] along the a axis (Fig. 3). This distance is shorter than the sum of van der Waals radii of sulfur and iodine atoms (3.78 Å). In the two molecules bound by sulfur-iodine interaction, the C5—S3—I1ii—C1ii moieties are not planar and almost linear S3—I1ii—C1ii fragments lie roughly perpendicular to the molecular skeleton [torsion angle of -81.47° for I1i—S3—C5—S5 and torsion angle of 97.60° for I1i—S3—C5—C4], and the dihedral angle of the molecules is 83.11°. Such sulfur-iodine interactions have been observed previously (Ahlsen et al.,1974; Herbstein et al., 1984; Freemanm et al., 1988; Bigoli et al., 1996).