Two isostructural 9-thiophenanthrene derivatives, 9-dodecylthiophenanthrene
, C26H34S, (I), and 9-tetradecylthiophenanthrene, C28H38S, (II), are report
ed. They crystallize in the monoclinic space group P2(1)/c with four molecu
les in a unit cell. The S-C-phenanthrene bonds are 1.767 (2) and 1.772 (4)
Angstrom and S-C-alkyl bonds are 1.809 (2) and 1.804 (4) Angstrom for (I) a
nd (II), respectively. The bond angles at S are 104.04(11) and 104.0 (2)deg
rees for (I) and (II), respectively.