4,5-Dihydrothiepin 1,1-dioxide, C6H8802, crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P21/n with cell dimensions of a= 11"415, b=6"476, c=9-597 A, fl= 108.02 °, and with Z=4. Three-dimensional X-ray intensity data were collected with Mo radiation using a Picker diffractometer. The structure was solved with direct methods. Full-matrix least-squares refinement, using anisotropic temperature factors for C, O, and S and isotropic terms for H, gave an R of 0"049 (weighted R = 0.039). The conformation of the 7-membered ring is not symmetrical. Although the C-S lengths are typical of many of the values reported for aromatic sulfones, the C=C distances are smaller than the usual 1.34 A ethylenic value. A possible rationale for this shortening is given.