“…1, confirms the formation of the Z isomer. remaining compounds, 2,2-bis(methylthio)-l, 1-ethylenedicarbonitrile (Hummel & Procher, 1986), 1,1-bis-(methylthio)-2-p-bromobenzoyl-2-cyanoethylene (Abrahamsson, Rehnberg, Liljefors & Sandstrtim, 1974) and 3-[bis(methylthio)methylene]pentane-2,4-dione (Jarvis & Taylor, 1979), have C--S bond lengths in the range 1.716-1.819 A; a similar range is observed in the title compound but the S(1)--C(3) distance of 1.837 (3),4, is slightly longer than expected and may be due to a steric effect. The C(3)---C(4) bond of 1.354 (4),4, corresponds well to a C~C double bond.…”