Bis[tris(diisobutyldithiocarbamato)-μ₃-sulfido-tri-μ_{2-disulfido-trimolybdenum(IV)] sulfide tetrahydrofuran monosolvate}

The title compound, [Mo-3(C9H18NS2)(3)(S-2)(3)S](2)S, crystallizes on a general position in the monoclinic space group P2(1)/n (No. 14). The cationic [Mo3S7(S2C-(NBu2)-Bu-i)(3)](+) fragments are joined by a monosulfide dianion that forms close S center dot center dot center dot S contacts to each of the disulfide ligands on the side of the Mo-3 plane opposite the mu(2-)(3) ligand. The two Mo-3 planes are inclined at an angle of 40.637 (15)degrees, which gives the assembly an open clamshell-like appearance. One mu(6)-S2- center dot center dot center dot S(2)(2-)contact, at 2.4849 (14) angstrom, is appreciably shorter than the remaining five, which are in the range 2.7252 (13)-2.8077 (14) angstrom.