A cubane-type cluster (Et 4 N)[V 2 Fe 2 S 4 (Me 2 dtc) 5 ] (1) has been synthesized from an assembly system VS 4 3-/FeCl 2 / Me 2 dtc -/PhSin acetonitrile (Me 2 dtc -) dimethyldithiocarbamate). The compound 1‚2CH 3 CN crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P2 1 /c (No. 14), with a ) 12.174(3) Å, b ) 22.135(4) Å, c ) 19.712(5) Å, ) 105.43(2)°, V ) 5120.3 Å 3 , F calcd ) 1.50 g/cm 3 , and Z ) 4. The structure was solved from 6336 unique reflections (I > 3σ(I)) and refined by a full-matrix least-squares method to R ) 0.053. The cluster anion contains a cubanelike [V 2 Fe 2 S 4 ] 4+ core, in which the V-V, Fe-Fe, and V-Fe(mean) distances of the V 2 Fe 2 tetrahedron are 2.745-(2), 2.681(1), and 2.780 (6) Å, respectively. The Mössbauer effect and the structural parameters indicate that the oxidation states of the Fe and V atoms in the [V 2 Fe 2 S 4 ] 4+ core are both +3. The 1 H NMR shows the paramagnetism of the cluster. The chemical shift of 51 V NMR was observed at -391 ppm. The FAB-MS behavior of the cluster indicates the bond breaking of the cluster core. Case, E. E.; Morningstar, J. E.; Dzeda, M. F.; Mauterer,