The compound 3H-1,2-benzodithiol-3-one 1-oxide (2) has proven useful in mod
eling the reactivity of the novel antitumor antibiotic leinamycin (1). The
crystal structure of this unusual sulfur heterocycle is reported here. The
molecule crystallizes in the P-1 space group with cell parameters a = 7.168
(4), b = 7.670(3), c = 7.922(3)Angstrom, alpha = 68.34(4), beta = 83.86(3),
gamma = 65.50(3),degrees and U = 367.8 Angstrom(3).