title: 1,3-Bis(phenyl-sufanylmeth-yl)benzene.
abstract: The complete mol-ecule of the title compound, C(20)H(18)S(2), is generated by crystallographic mirror symmetry, with two C atoms lying on the mirror plane. All of the independent atoms are contained within two planes defined by the thio-phenyl rings (C(6)S) and the central phenyl ring with the methyl-ene bridge; the r.m.s deviations of these planes are 0.012 and 0.025 Å, respectively. The two planes are almost perpendicular to one another at a dihedral angle of 80.24 (10)°. Inter-molecular C-H-π inter-actions are present in the crystal structure.
authors.forename: Constantine A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Stewart
authors.forename: Diane A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Dickie
authors.forename: Richard A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Kemp