The title compounds NH 4 [Cu(S 2 CNH 2 ) 2 ]·H 2 O (A) and CuS 2 CNH 2 (B) were prepared from aqueous alcoholic solutions by reaction of ammoniumdithiocarbamate with copper sulfate in presence of excess cyanide as reductive. (A) crystallizes in the orthorhombic space group C222 1 (No. 20) with a = 8.9518(6), b = 9.6414(6) and c = 10.6176(8) Å, Z = 4. (B) crystallizes in the orthorhombic space group P2 1 2 1 2 1 (No. 19) with a = 5.9533(4), b = 6.6276(4) and c = 9.4834(5) Å, Z = 4. In the crystal structure of (A) copper has a tetrahedral surrounding of four monodentate dithiocarbamate ligands. These * Dr. C. L. Teske