Abstract.The aliphatic region in 5-Me-1,2,3-trithiane takes, at least, an ideal chair and the AGO-value, found by low temperature ' H n.m.r., is 1.0 Kcal/mole During our conformational studies of 5-Me-5-R-1,2,3-trithianes1, 5-methyl-lI2,3-trithiane was needed for comparative purposes. Obtained from 2-methyl-1,3-propane dio12 via the Bunte salt, it was identified by U.V.spectroscopy (cyclohexane, Am = 264 nm), mass spectrometry (molecular ion at 1 5 2 and significant responses at M-S, M-HS2 and M-HS3) and by elemental analysis A