3-({[(1-Phenylethyl)sulfanyl]methanethioyl}sulfanyl)propanoic acid

Abstract

In the title compound, C12H14O2S3, a chain transfer agent (CTA) used in polymerization, the dihedral angle between the aromatic ring and the CS3 grouping is 84.20 (10)°. In the crystal, carboxylic acid inversion dimers linked by pairs of O—H...O hydrogen bonds generate R22(8) loops.