Bis(1-chloro-2,2,4,4-tetramethyl-3-oxocyclobutan-1-yl)pentasulfane: An occupancy modulated structure

The title compound crystallizes in the space group P2₁/n and may be described by a partial ordering of a 1:1 disordered P2₁/a parent structure with the c axis halved. The pentasulfane chain completes a full turn of a helix, which gives molecules containing left- or right-handed helices similar spatial requirements and allows them to be interchanged. The structure can be redescribed as containing 0.732 (1) of an ordered P2₁/n structure and 0.268 (1) of a 1:1 disordered P2₁/a structure, implying that 0.134 (1) of the molecule sites contain molecules of the opposite hand to that predicted by an ordered P2₁/n structure. It is found that the average molecular position in the asymmetric unit is not the same for each component and that these structural differences must be recognized to obtain a satisfactory refinement.