“…Perhaps these angular deformations are due to some steric hindrance between S and C1(2) of an adjacent molecule. Indeed, the distance between these two atoms (3.34 A) is appreciably shorter than the expected value (3.50 A), assuming 1.70 A for the van der Waals radius of sulphur (the value 1.85 A, usually given, is too high as it has been shown in many instances" Donohue, 1950;Zdanov & Zvonk0va, 1950;Van der Helm, Lessor & Merritt, 1960;Nardelli, Fava Gasparri, Giraldi Battistini & Domiano, 1966;Andreetti, Cavalca, Manfredotti & Musatti, 1969;Valle, Busetti, Mammi & Carazzolo, (a) In [CuCI4] 2-Cu-CI (1) 2"259 (3) A. Cu-CI (2) 2.220 (2) Table 3. Bond distances and angles…”