The high yield preparation, characterisation, and gas phase structure of the thermally stable CF3CSNSCCF3·, 4,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)-1,3,2-dithiazolyl and the X-ray crystal structure of benzo-1,3,2-dithiazolyl

The very thermally stable, but photochemically sensitive radical, 4,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)-1,3,2-dithiazolyl has been prepared, isolated, and fully characterised including a gas phase structure, and found to be paramagnetic in the liquid state at room temperature; the X-ray structure of benzo-1,3,2-dithiazolyl has been obtained for comparison.