. Can. J. Chcm. 62, 808 (1984). ' The syntheses of bisdithiocarbamates from diamines and CS, are described, and possible complications in these reactions explained. Ethylenebisdithiocarbamate was prepared from ethylenediamine and CS, in basic solution, but the same reaction using o-phenylenediamine led to a cyclization product, o-phenyleneimidazolidine-2-thione or benzimidazolidine-2-thione. In these reactions, if slightly insufficient amounts of CS2 are used, bisdithiocarbamates will not bc formed; instead, the cyclization reactions will occur, leading to the formation of thiones. Crystallographic studies were carried out for disodium ethylenebisdithiocarbamate and imidazolidine-2-thione or ethylenethiourea. The hexahydrate crystals of the former,