Abstract: | The title compound, bis(dimethyl sulfoxide)triiodothallium(III), [TlI3(C2H6OS)2], was crystallized from equimolar amounts of TlII and I2 in a dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) solution. After the initial redox reaction, the thallium(III)–iodo complex forms and precipitates as a DMSO solvate. In the crystal structure, Tl is surrounded by three iodide ligands in the equatorial plane and two O‐coordinated DMSO molecules in the axial positions, forming a slightly distorted trigonal bipyramid. The complex lies on a twofold rotation axis, making the DMSO molecules and two of the I atoms crystallographically equivalent. |