The deuteron–proton liquid phase isotopic disproportionation constant in hydrogen sulphide, K1, defined for the equilibrium[Formula: see text]has been measured at 25.7 °C. The value of K1 was 3.99 ± 0.11, based upon direct measurements of the concentrations of the three molecular species H2S, HDS, and D2S by 1H and 2H nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (nmr) of carefully purified samples. This compares with the theoretical vapour phase isotopic distribution constant Kv = 3.92, calculated from ideal gas vapour phase isotopic partition function ratios (1, 2).