The title compound, C18H19NO2S2, consists Of a carbazole skeleton with a pe
ntacyclic dithiolane ring spiro-bonded at position 1 and acetonyl and ethyl
idene chains at positions 9 and 3, respectively. The heteroatoms and the ac
etonyl and ethylidene chains in the molecule are responsible for the change
s in the bond lengths and angles of the carbazole core.