Dibenzyl pentathiodicarbonate

Abstract

In the title compound, C16H14S5, the non-bonded intramolecular distances between the non-terminal S atoms are 2.808 (16) and 2.784 (16) Å, shorter than the typical distance of 2.9 Å. One phenyl ring participates in an offset π-π interaction with another phenyl ring related by a centre of inversion; the interplanar distance is 3.41 (2) Å. The crystal structure also exhibits edge-to-face C—H...π stacking of the phenyl rings, thus forming a herring-bone packing motif.