organic compounds
Methyl 2,2-dimethoxy-5,5-bis(methylsulfanyl)-3-oxopent-4-enedithioate
aFalavarjan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Falavarjan, Isfahan, Iran
*Correspondence e-mail: ghorbani@iaufala.ac.ir, moha_ghorbani@yahoo.com
In the title molecule, C10H16O3S4, a short intramolecular S⋯O(=C) distance [2.726 (2) Å] indicates the presence of a nonbonding attractive interaction. In the crystal, molecules are linked into centrosymmetric dimers via weak intermolecular C—H⋯O and S⋯S [3.405 (3) Å] interactions. These dimers are linked by further weak C—H⋯O interactions into columns along the a axis.
Related literature
For background and synthetic details, see: Mahata et al. (2003). For related structures and S⋯O interactions, see: Ángyán et al. (1985, 1987); Dixit et al. (1995); Hamilton & LaPlaca (1964). For van der Waals radii, see: Ángyán et al. (1987). For S⋯S interactions, see: Guru Row & Parthasarathy (1981); Puranik et al. (1986).
Experimental
Crystal data
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Refinement
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Data collection: X-AREA (Stoe & Cie, 2005); cell X-AREA; data reduction: X-AREA; program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXTL; molecular graphics: SHELXTL; software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXTL and PLATON (Spek, 2009).
Supporting information
10.1107/S1600536812011282/lh5419sup1.cif
contains datablocks I, global. DOI:Structure factors: contains datablock I. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536812011282/lh5419Isup2.hkl
Supporting information file. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536812011282/lh5419Isup3.cml
The title compound was produced as a byproduct of the reaction of synthesis of α-oxoketene dithioactal (I) (Mahata et al., 2003), when NaH, CS2 and CH3I were used in excess amounts. The melting point of the title compound is 392-394K. The suitable single crystals for X-ray analysis were obtained from ethyl acetate solution at room temperature.
All hydrogen atoms were positioned geometrically with C—H distances = 0.93–0.96 Å and included in a riding model approximation with Uiso(H) = 1.2 or 1.5Ueq(C). A rotating group model was applied to the methyl groups.
In preparation of α-oxoketene dithioactal (I) (Mahata et al., 2003) (Fig. 1), a red-crystalline compound sometimes is derived as a byproduct of the reaction particularly, when NaH, CS2 and CH3I are used in excess amounts. In order to identify this compound, the red-crystals were investigated using elemental analysis and convenient spectroscopic methods. These investigations show that the byproduct should be a methyl dithioformated derivative of the α-oxoketene dithioactal (I) and it may be one of the two probable structures (II) and (III) (see Fig .1). In order to find out the exact structure of byproduct, the red-prismatic crystals were investigated using single crystal X-ray crystallography.
The molecular structure of the title compound is shown in Fig. 2 and the structure (III) is confirmed as byproduct of the mentioned reaction. In the structure of this compound, the carbonyl group, ethylenic double bond and two connected methylthio groups are coplanar (the torsion angles of C1—C2—C3—O3, S4—C1—C2—C3, C6—S4—C1—C2 and C7—S3—C1—C2 are 0.8 (3)°, -0.4 (3)°, 179.4 (2)° and 1.4 (2)°, respectively). This co-planarity not only, facilitates conjugation of the S lone pairs, the C=C, and the C=O but also, make possible the attractive S···O interaction between S4 and O3 atoms (Ángyán et al., 1987). Due to this attraction the intramolecular S4···O3 non-bonded distance [2.726 (2) Å] is shorter than the sum of the corresponding van der Waals radii (3.25 Å) and the molecule adopts s-trans/s-cis conformational arrangement for S4—C1 and C2—C3 bonds, respectively (Ángyán et al., 1985; Dixit et al., 1995). Of course, the s-cis orientation about the C2—C3 bond minimizes unfavourable steric interaction between S4 and the methyl groups centred on C8 and C9 which is present in the other possible conformation. In this geometry, the arrangement of three atoms C6—S4···O3, like similar part in another molecules (Dixit et al., 1995; Ángyán et al., 1987; Hamilton & LaPlaca, 1964), is almost linear (the measure angle of C6—S4—O3 is 178.5 (1)°).
In the molecule, the bond length of CH3—S4 (1.813 (4) Å) is slightly longer than the similar CH3—S3 bond (1.784 (3) Å). In addition to a short distance between non-bonded atoms S4 and O3, this observation shows that the intramolecular S···O interaction, might be responsible for lengthening the C6—S4 bond length in the molecule.
In the crystal, molecules are linked into centrosymmetric dimers via weak intermolecular C—H···O and S···S interactions [intermolecular S···S distance is 3.405 (3)Å] (Fig. 3). These dimers are linked by further weak C—H···O interactions into columns along the a axis.
For background and synthetic details, see: Mahata et al. (2003). For related structures, see: Ángyán et al. (1987, 1985); Dixit et al. (1995); Hamilton & LaPlaca (1964). For van der Waals radii, see: Ángyán et al., (1987). For S···S interactions, see: Guru Row & Parthasarathy (1981); Puranik et al. (1986).
Data collection: X-AREA (Stoe & Cie, 2005); cell
X-AREA (Stoe & Cie, 2005); data reduction: X-AREA (Stoe & Cie, 2005); program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008) and PLATON (Spek, 2009).C10H16O3S4 | Z = 2 |
Mr = 312.47 | F(000) = 328 |
Triclinic, P1 | Dx = 1.377 Mg m−3 |
Hall symbol: -P 1 | Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71069 Å |
a = 7.114 (5) Å | Cell parameters from 6660 reflections |
b = 10.404 (5) Å | θ = 1.8–28.5° |
c = 11.151 (5) Å | µ = 0.62 mm−1 |
α = 70.426 (5)° | T = 291 K |
β = 88.549 (5)° | Block, orange |
γ = 76.081 (5)° | 0.35 × 0.25 × 0.12 mm |
V = 753.4 (7) Å3 |
Stoe IPDS II Image Plate diffractometer | 4016 independent reflections |
Radiation source: fine-focus sealed tube | 2376 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Graphite monochromator | Rint = 0.036 |
Detector resolution: 0.15 pixels mm-1 | θmax = 29.2°, θmin = 1.9° |
ω scans | h = −9→8 |
Absorption correction: multi-scan [MULABS (Blessing, 1995) in PLATON (Spek, 2009)] | k = −14→11 |
Tmin = 0.927, Tmax = 1.000 | l = −15→15 |
8030 measured reflections |
Refinement on F2 | Secondary atom site location: difference Fourier map |
Least-squares matrix: full | Hydrogen site location: inferred from neighbouring sites |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.037 | H-atom parameters constrained |
wR(F2) = 0.085 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0464P)2] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
S = 0.81 | (Δ/σ)max = 0.001 |
4016 reflections | Δρmax = 0.29 e Å−3 |
160 parameters | Δρmin = −0.35 e Å−3 |
0 restraints | Extinction correction: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008), Fc*=kFc[1+0.001xFc2λ3/sin(2θ)]-1/4 |
Primary atom site location: structure-invariant direct methods | Extinction coefficient: 0.098 (4) |
C10H16O3S4 | γ = 76.081 (5)° |
Mr = 312.47 | V = 753.4 (7) Å3 |
Triclinic, P1 | Z = 2 |
a = 7.114 (5) Å | Mo Kα radiation |
b = 10.404 (5) Å | µ = 0.62 mm−1 |
c = 11.151 (5) Å | T = 291 K |
α = 70.426 (5)° | 0.35 × 0.25 × 0.12 mm |
β = 88.549 (5)° |
Stoe IPDS II Image Plate diffractometer | 4016 independent reflections |
Absorption correction: multi-scan [MULABS (Blessing, 1995) in PLATON (Spek, 2009)] | 2376 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Tmin = 0.927, Tmax = 1.000 | Rint = 0.036 |
8030 measured reflections |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.037 | 0 restraints |
wR(F2) = 0.085 | H-atom parameters constrained |
S = 0.81 | Δρmax = 0.29 e Å−3 |
4016 reflections | Δρmin = −0.35 e Å−3 |
160 parameters |
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 | ||
S1 | 0.73599 (10) | 0.20993 (7) | 0.01253 (5) | 0.0735 (2) | |
S2 | 0.42779 (7) | 0.09542 (6) | 0.16747 (5) | 0.05140 (15) | |
S3 | 1.01352 (9) | 0.53934 (5) | 0.25872 (6) | 0.06605 (19) | |
S4 | 0.64728 (11) | 0.49989 (6) | 0.37727 (7) | 0.0726 (2) | |
O1 | 0.68814 (17) | −0.01078 (11) | 0.36259 (10) | 0.0372 (3) | |
O2 | 0.96657 (17) | 0.04619 (12) | 0.26878 (12) | 0.0408 (3) | |
O3 | 0.5813 (2) | 0.25685 (14) | 0.36536 (15) | 0.0587 (4) | |
C1 | 0.8446 (3) | 0.43725 (18) | 0.29937 (17) | 0.0441 (4) | |
C2 | 0.8648 (3) | 0.31478 (17) | 0.27448 (17) | 0.0413 (4) | |
H2A | 0.9721 | 0.2856 | 0.2321 | 0.050* | |
C3 | 0.7282 (3) | 0.22942 (17) | 0.31072 (16) | 0.0375 (4) | |
C4 | 0.7663 (2) | 0.09135 (16) | 0.27575 (15) | 0.0334 (4) | |
C5 | 0.6516 (3) | 0.13253 (17) | 0.14738 (16) | 0.0389 (4) | |
C8 | 0.7610 (3) | −0.0573 (2) | 0.49293 (17) | 0.0560 (5) | |
H8A | 0.6878 | −0.1188 | 0.5459 | 0.084* | |
H8B | 0.7489 | 0.0228 | 0.5198 | 0.084* | |
H8C | 0.8951 | −0.1068 | 0.5003 | 0.084* | |
C10 | 0.3143 (4) | 0.1743 (3) | 0.0087 (2) | 0.0780 (8) | |
H10A | 0.1804 | 0.1711 | 0.0115 | 0.117* | |
H10B | 0.3792 | 0.1234 | −0.0443 | 0.117* | |
H10C | 0.3226 | 0.2705 | −0.0256 | 0.117* | |
C9 | 1.0298 (3) | −0.0851 (2) | 0.2456 (2) | 0.0613 (6) | |
H9A | 1.1668 | −0.1037 | 0.2344 | 0.092* | |
H9B | 0.9620 | −0.0795 | 0.1699 | 0.092* | |
H9C | 1.0029 | −0.1597 | 0.3169 | 0.092* | |
C6 | 0.6874 (5) | 0.6611 (3) | 0.3888 (3) | 0.0985 (10) | |
H6A | 0.5826 | 0.7025 | 0.4307 | 0.148* | |
H6B | 0.6935 | 0.7258 | 0.3048 | 0.148* | |
H6C | 0.8074 | 0.6404 | 0.4371 | 0.148* | |
C7 | 1.1925 (4) | 0.4482 (2) | 0.1811 (3) | 0.0852 (9) | |
H7A | 1.2948 | 0.4960 | 0.1584 | 0.128* | |
H7B | 1.1343 | 0.4456 | 0.1055 | 0.128* | |
H7C | 1.2449 | 0.3538 | 0.2377 | 0.128* |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
S1 | 0.0834 (5) | 0.0964 (5) | 0.0390 (3) | −0.0415 (4) | 0.0117 (3) | −0.0079 (3) |
S2 | 0.0411 (3) | 0.0690 (3) | 0.0499 (3) | −0.0187 (2) | −0.0013 (2) | −0.0237 (2) |
S3 | 0.0678 (4) | 0.0399 (3) | 0.0965 (4) | −0.0292 (3) | 0.0069 (3) | −0.0199 (3) |
S4 | 0.0997 (5) | 0.0515 (3) | 0.0917 (4) | −0.0384 (3) | 0.0445 (4) | −0.0454 (3) |
O1 | 0.0419 (7) | 0.0372 (6) | 0.0357 (6) | −0.0189 (5) | 0.0029 (5) | −0.0103 (5) |
O2 | 0.0325 (7) | 0.0375 (6) | 0.0579 (8) | −0.0118 (5) | 0.0069 (5) | −0.0215 (5) |
O3 | 0.0575 (9) | 0.0548 (8) | 0.0845 (10) | −0.0257 (7) | 0.0302 (8) | −0.0437 (8) |
C1 | 0.0525 (12) | 0.0352 (9) | 0.0463 (10) | −0.0178 (8) | 0.0009 (8) | −0.0107 (8) |
C2 | 0.0442 (10) | 0.0342 (9) | 0.0492 (10) | −0.0157 (8) | 0.0052 (8) | −0.0148 (8) |
C3 | 0.0400 (10) | 0.0349 (8) | 0.0426 (9) | −0.0127 (7) | 0.0045 (8) | −0.0172 (7) |
C4 | 0.0352 (9) | 0.0324 (8) | 0.0376 (9) | −0.0145 (7) | 0.0062 (7) | −0.0144 (7) |
C5 | 0.0448 (10) | 0.0384 (9) | 0.0380 (9) | −0.0142 (8) | 0.0055 (8) | −0.0162 (7) |
C8 | 0.0655 (14) | 0.0600 (12) | 0.0385 (10) | −0.0258 (11) | −0.0055 (9) | −0.0037 (9) |
C10 | 0.0661 (16) | 0.1023 (19) | 0.0638 (15) | −0.0090 (14) | −0.0242 (12) | −0.0321 (14) |
C9 | 0.0508 (13) | 0.0486 (11) | 0.0964 (17) | −0.0121 (10) | 0.0180 (12) | −0.0407 (11) |
C6 | 0.156 (3) | 0.0589 (14) | 0.117 (2) | −0.0552 (17) | 0.061 (2) | −0.0600 (16) |
C7 | 0.0551 (14) | 0.0504 (13) | 0.144 (3) | −0.0216 (11) | 0.0270 (15) | −0.0208 (15) |
S1—C5 | 1.6264 (19) | C4—C5 | 1.542 (2) |
S2—C5 | 1.719 (2) | C8—H8A | 0.9600 |
S2—C10 | 1.800 (2) | C8—H8B | 0.9600 |
S3—C1 | 1.744 (2) | C8—H8C | 0.9600 |
S3—C7 | 1.784 (3) | C10—H10A | 0.9600 |
S4—C1 | 1.740 (2) | C10—H10B | 0.9600 |
S4—C6 | 1.814 (2) | C10—H10C | 0.9600 |
O1—C4 | 1.3941 (19) | C9—H9A | 0.9600 |
O1—C8 | 1.436 (2) | C9—H9B | 0.9600 |
O2—C4 | 1.398 (2) | C9—H9C | 0.9600 |
O2—C9 | 1.439 (2) | C6—H6A | 0.9600 |
O3—C3 | 1.219 (2) | C6—H6B | 0.9600 |
C1—C2 | 1.367 (2) | C6—H6C | 0.9600 |
C2—C3 | 1.432 (2) | C7—H7A | 0.9600 |
C2—H2A | 0.9300 | C7—H7B | 0.9600 |
C3—C4 | 1.572 (2) | C7—H7C | 0.9600 |
C5—S2—C10 | 102.90 (11) | H8A—C8—H8C | 109.5 |
C1—S3—C7 | 104.16 (11) | H8B—C8—H8C | 109.5 |
C1—S4—C6 | 104.69 (12) | S2—C10—H10A | 109.5 |
C4—O1—C8 | 116.18 (13) | S2—C10—H10B | 109.5 |
C4—O2—C9 | 115.01 (13) | H10A—C10—H10B | 109.5 |
C2—C1—S4 | 121.38 (15) | S2—C10—H10C | 109.5 |
C2—C1—S3 | 123.12 (16) | H10A—C10—H10C | 109.5 |
S4—C1—S3 | 115.49 (11) | H10B—C10—H10C | 109.5 |
C1—C2—C3 | 122.98 (18) | O2—C9—H9A | 109.5 |
C1—C2—H2A | 118.5 | O2—C9—H9B | 109.5 |
C3—C2—H2A | 118.5 | H9A—C9—H9B | 109.5 |
O3—C3—C2 | 124.82 (16) | O2—C9—H9C | 109.5 |
O3—C3—C4 | 116.89 (15) | H9A—C9—H9C | 109.5 |
C2—C3—C4 | 118.28 (16) | H9B—C9—H9C | 109.5 |
O1—C4—O2 | 112.90 (13) | S4—C6—H6A | 109.5 |
O1—C4—C5 | 105.88 (13) | S4—C6—H6B | 109.5 |
O2—C4—C5 | 113.20 (14) | H6A—C6—H6B | 109.5 |
O1—C4—C3 | 111.57 (14) | S4—C6—H6C | 109.5 |
O2—C4—C3 | 107.27 (13) | H6A—C6—H6C | 109.5 |
C5—C4—C3 | 105.87 (13) | H6B—C6—H6C | 109.5 |
C4—C5—S1 | 121.73 (14) | S3—C7—H7A | 109.5 |
C4—C5—S2 | 112.04 (12) | S3—C7—H7B | 109.5 |
S1—C5—S2 | 126.14 (11) | H7A—C7—H7B | 109.5 |
O1—C8—H8A | 109.5 | S3—C7—H7C | 109.5 |
O1—C8—H8B | 109.5 | H7A—C7—H7C | 109.5 |
H8A—C8—H8B | 109.5 | H7B—C7—H7C | 109.5 |
O1—C8—H8C | 109.5 | ||
C6—S4—C1—C2 | 179.44 (18) | O3—C3—C4—O1 | −30.0 (2) |
C6—S4—C1—S3 | 0.46 (16) | C2—C3—C4—O1 | 151.22 (14) |
C7—S3—C1—C2 | 1.4 (2) | O3—C3—C4—O2 | −154.10 (16) |
C7—S3—C1—S4 | −179.66 (13) | C2—C3—C4—O2 | 27.09 (19) |
S4—C1—C2—C3 | −0.4 (3) | O3—C3—C4—C5 | 84.76 (19) |
S3—C1—C2—C3 | 178.45 (13) | C2—C3—C4—C5 | −94.06 (18) |
C1—C2—C3—O3 | 0.8 (3) | O1—C4—C5—S1 | −160.45 (12) |
C1—C2—C3—C4 | 179.49 (16) | O2—C4—C5—S1 | −36.26 (19) |
C8—O1—C4—O2 | 60.83 (19) | C3—C4—C5—S1 | 80.98 (17) |
C8—O1—C4—C5 | −174.79 (15) | O1—C4—C5—S2 | 22.77 (16) |
C8—O1—C4—C3 | −60.07 (19) | O2—C4—C5—S2 | 146.96 (11) |
C9—O2—C4—O1 | 52.8 (2) | C3—C4—C5—S2 | −95.80 (14) |
C9—O2—C4—C5 | −67.44 (19) | C10—S2—C5—C4 | 172.39 (14) |
C9—O2—C4—C3 | 176.15 (15) | C10—S2—C5—S1 | −4.21 (16) |
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
C6—H6A···O3i | 0.96 | 2.64 | 3.523 (3) | 153 |
C7—H7C···O3ii | 0.96 | 2.61 | 3.276 (4) | 127 |
C8—H8A···O3iii | 0.96 | 2.64 | 3.575 (3) | 164 |
Symmetry codes: (i) −x+1, −y+1, −z+1; (ii) x+1, y, z; (iii) −x+1, −y, −z+1. |
Experimental details
Crystal data | |
Chemical formula | C10H16O3S4 |
Mr | 312.47 |
Crystal system, space group | Triclinic, P1 |
Temperature (K) | 291 |
a, b, c (Å) | 7.114 (5), 10.404 (5), 11.151 (5) |
α, β, γ (°) | 70.426 (5), 88.549 (5), 76.081 (5) |
V (Å3) | 753.4 (7) |
Z | 2 |
Radiation type | Mo Kα |
µ (mm−1) | 0.62 |
Crystal size (mm) | 0.35 × 0.25 × 0.12 |
Data collection | |
Diffractometer | Stoe IPDS II Image Plate |
Absorption correction | Multi-scan [MULABS (Blessing, 1995) in PLATON (Spek, 2009)] |
Tmin, Tmax | 0.927, 1.000 |
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections | 8030, 4016, 2376 |
Rint | 0.036 |
(sin θ/λ)max (Å−1) | 0.687 |
Refinement | |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)], wR(F2), S | 0.037, 0.085, 0.81 |
No. of reflections | 4016 |
No. of parameters | 160 |
H-atom treatment | H-atom parameters constrained |
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å−3) | 0.29, −0.35 |
Computer programs: X-AREA (Stoe & Cie, 2005), SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008) and PLATON (Spek, 2009).
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
C6—H6A···O3i | 0.96 | 2.64 | 3.523 (3) | 152.7 |
C7—H7C···O3ii | 0.96 | 2.61 | 3.276 (4) | 126.6 |
C8—H8A···O3iii | 0.96 | 2.64 | 3.575 (3) | 164.0 |
Symmetry codes: (i) −x+1, −y+1, −z+1; (ii) x+1, y, z; (iii) −x+1, −y, −z+1. |
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In preparation of α-oxoketene dithioactal (I) (Mahata et al., 2003) (Fig. 1), a red-crystalline compound sometimes is derived as a byproduct of the reaction particularly, when NaH, CS2 and CH3I are used in excess amounts. In order to identify this compound, the red-crystals were investigated using elemental analysis and convenient spectroscopic methods. These investigations show that the byproduct should be a methyl dithioformated derivative of the α-oxoketene dithioactal (I) and it may be one of the two probable structures (II) and (III) (see Fig .1). In order to find out the exact structure of byproduct, the red-prismatic crystals were investigated using single crystal X-ray crystallography.
The molecular structure of the title compound is shown in Fig. 2 and the structure (III) is confirmed as byproduct of the mentioned reaction. In the structure of this compound, the carbonyl group, ethylenic double bond and two connected methylthio groups are coplanar (the torsion angles of C1—C2—C3—O3, S4—C1—C2—C3, C6—S4—C1—C2 and C7—S3—C1—C2 are 0.8 (3)°, -0.4 (3)°, 179.4 (2)° and 1.4 (2)°, respectively). This co-planarity not only, facilitates conjugation of the S lone pairs, the C=C, and the C=O but also, make possible the attractive S···O interaction between S4 and O3 atoms (Ángyán et al., 1987). Due to this attraction the intramolecular S4···O3 non-bonded distance [2.726 (2) Å] is shorter than the sum of the corresponding van der Waals radii (3.25 Å) and the molecule adopts s-trans/s-cis conformational arrangement for S4—C1 and C2—C3 bonds, respectively (Ángyán et al., 1985; Dixit et al., 1995). Of course, the s-cis orientation about the C2—C3 bond minimizes unfavourable steric interaction between S4 and the methyl groups centred on C8 and C9 which is present in the other possible conformation. In this geometry, the arrangement of three atoms C6—S4···O3, like similar part in another molecules (Dixit et al., 1995; Ángyán et al., 1987; Hamilton & LaPlaca, 1964), is almost linear (the measure angle of C6—S4—O3 is 178.5 (1)°).
In the molecule, the bond length of CH3—S4 (1.813 (4) Å) is slightly longer than the similar CH3—S3 bond (1.784 (3) Å). In addition to a short distance between non-bonded atoms S4 and O3, this observation shows that the intramolecular S···O interaction, might be responsible for lengthening the C6—S4 bond length in the molecule.
In the crystal, molecules are linked into centrosymmetric dimers via weak intermolecular C—H···O and S···S interactions [intermolecular S···S distance is 3.405 (3)Å] (Fig. 3). These dimers are linked by further weak C—H···O interactions into columns along the a axis.