Polymorphism in bipodal O,O′‐dimeth­yl N,N′‐(m‐phenyl­ene­di­carbonyl)bis(thio­carbamate)

The title compound, C₁₂H₁₂N₂O₄S₂, crystallizes in white and yellow polymeric forms as a result of inter­esting anti–anti and syn–anti conformational isomerism of the thio­carbon­yl and carbon­yl moieties relative to one another. This work is the first reported X‐ray crystallographic structure determination of isomers of this class of bipodal ligand. The white form, anti–anti, (I), crystallizes with the benzene ring lying about a twofold rotation axis, resulting in both of the thio­carbon­yl and carbon­yl moieties being anti relative to each other. The yellow modification crystallizes as syn–anti, (II), with one thio­carbon­yl moiety syn and the other anti relative to the respective carbon­yl groups. The individual mol­ecules of both (I) and (II) are extensively linked through inter­molecular hydrogen bonds. Inter­molecular hydrogen bonding in (II) includes a network of bifurcated N—H?O and N—H?S hydrogen bonds, while mol­ecules of (I) include bifurcated C—H?O hydrogen bonds.