The structure of bis(N,N,N¢,N¢-tetramethylthiophosphoramidoyl)-methylamine 1 has been determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The compound 1 crystallizes in the monoclinic system, with a space group P2 1 /c, a = 11.836(2) Å , b = 11.659(2) Å , c = 12.796(5) Å and b = 95.28(3)°, V = 1758.3(5) Å 3 and Z = 4. The X-ray crystallographic data have been assessed by semi-empirical and ab-initio density functional theory and by HartreeFock molecular orbital methods. A comparative study of the results of the different methods is given.Keywords bis(N,N,N¢,N¢-tetramethylthiophosphoramidoyl)-methylamine Á X-ray structure determination Á Ab-initio calculations Á B3LYP Á Hartree-Fock Á MNDO Á AM1 and PM3 semi-empirical methods Scheme 1