“…The structures of α-P 4 S 3 , [1] γ-P 4 S 3 , [1,2] α-P 4 S 4 , [3] α-P 4 S 5 , [4] β-P 4 S 5 , [5] β-P 4 S 6 , [6] α-P 4 S 7 , [4,7] β-P 4 S 7 , [8] P 4 S 9 -II, [9] P 4 S 9 -III, [10] and P 4 S 10 [4,7,11] were determined from single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Other phosphorus sulfides like P 4 S 8 have been characterized by 31 P NMR spectroscopy.…”