The title compound, C16H2404S3, crystallizes in the monoclinic system: a=7.933(9) A, b = 10.965(12)~ c= 11.294(13)A, t3= 105.54(6) ~ , Z=2, space group P21 or P2~/m. The structure could not be solved by direct methods in the former space group and was found to be disordered in P21/m with the molecule and its image mirrored at y = 1/4,3/4 occupying the same lattice site with occupancy 0.5. The manner in which molecular conflicts can be avoided in the P2a/m structure is discussed. The molecular structure proposed by Praefcke et al. (1973) was confirmed.