Carbon Hexachlorosulphide, C₂S₃Cl₆

Carbon Hexachlorosulphide or Trichloromethyl Trisulphide, C₂S₃Cl₆ or CCl₃.S₃.CCl₃, is present in the residue from the distillation of thiocarbonyl tetrachloride. It forms brilliant, colourless, prismatic crystals, which fuse at 57.4° C. and boil at 190° C. in vacuo.