The crystal and molecular structure of 3,5-bis(Ar,7V-diethylimonium)-l,2,4-trithiolane-tetraiododi-/x-iododimercurate(II), (S3C2N 2(C2H 5)4)Hg2I6, has been determined from a single-crystal X-ray dififraction study. The monoclinic unit cell, space group P lijc, with a = 12-574(3), b = 15-777(4), c = 14-560(4) A, and = 90-83(4)°, contains four formula-units. Three-dimensional intensity data were collected on an automatic diffractometer. Atomic parameters were refined by full-matrix least-squares methods to a conventional R value of 0-05 for 1380 independent non-zero reflexions. The structure consists of (3,5-bis(7V,iV-diethylimonium)-l,2,4-trithiolane)2+ and Hg2I §_ ions. The cation contains a fivemembered ring, S-S-C-S-C, which can be formed by oxidation of dithiocarbamato and thiuramdisulfide complexes.