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The hydrides alpha-P4S4(H)R (R = H, I, NMePh or SPh) have been prepare
d in solution by the reaction of alpha-P4S3I2 or of the corresponding
alpha-P4S3(I)R with SnBun3H, and identified by P-31 NMR spectroscopy.
The compounds were unstable and not isolated. Ab initio molecular orbi
tal calculations of geometry have been carried out for alpha-P4S3H2, a
lpha-P4S3(NMe2)2 and alpha-P4S3H (NMe2).