“…Compounds of the latter dithiolato group, [dmt] 2À , have attracted much less attention, due to their less interesting properties and as well to their poor solubility and to the difficulty of gaining suitable crystals for X-ray structural studies [6]. Among the dmt complexes, whose structures have been reported [8] are K 2 [dmt] [7] and 4-PhCOS-5-RS-1,2-dithiole-3-thione (R = Me or PhCH 2 ), [8]. On further study of dmt complexes, we discovered that Cs 2 [dmt], on standing in aqueous ethanol, undergoes aerial oxidation to the dimeric species, dicesium bis(1,2-dithiole-3,5-dithiolato-4-yl)disulfide, 3, Cs 2 [(dmt-dmt)], see Fig.…”