catena‐Poly[[[bis(μ‐4,5‐dihydrothiazole‐2‐thiolato)‐tetrahedro‐tetracopper(I)]‐di‐μ‐4,5‐dihydrothiazole‐2‐thiolato] dihydrate]

The title compound, {Cu₄(C₃H₄NS₂)₄]·2H₂O}_n, was produced by diffusing a solution of 2‐mercapto­thia­zoline in tetra­hydro­furan into a solution of CuCl in CH₃CN at room temperature. The structure is characterized by self‐assembled one‐dimensional chains that are condensed from butterfly‐like Cu(C₃H₄NS₂)]₄ tetrameric units via double S‐bridging at opposite ends. The Cu—Cu distances within the Cu₄ butterfly cluster are in the range 2.7103 (10)–2.9764 (10) Å, while the shortest Cu?Cu intercluster distance is 3.468 (1) Å, much longer than the sum of the van der Waals radii.