Beiträge zur Chemie der Silicium-Schwefel-Verbindungen. XXX. Die Struktur des Tetra-t-butoxy-1,3,2,4-dithiadisiletans

Contributions to the Chemistry of Silicon-Sulfur Compounds. XXX. Structure of Tetra-t-butoxy-1,3,2,4-dithiadisiletane Alcoholysis of silicon disulfide by t-butanol yielded the title compound. (t-BuO)₂SiS]₂ crystallizes orthorhombically in the space group Pbca (no. 61) with a = 1708.4(5), b = 1560.8(3), c = 907.1(3) pm and Z = 4 molecules per unit cell. The molecule has the crystallographic 1 –C_i point symmetry and consequently the Si₂S₂ four-membered ring is rigid plane. The bond distances of this ring are Si? S = 214.2 and 213.1 pm and the bond angles S? Si? S = 97.8° and Si? S? Si = 82.2°. Related details of the structure are discussed.